Research-Based
Lessons From Preservice Teachers
Auburn University
Spring 2006
I.
Emergent Literacy
Lessons for
teaching
letter recognition
Naomi Lewis, Dancing
and Bouncing with Piglet
Kathryne Clark, Max's
Magic Magnets
Megan Kerns, Buh Bee
and Duh Dee
Shelley Horton, Slithering
Silly Snakes
Lauren Parker, Baby
Brown Bears
Meghan Ciampi, Let's Pop
Some Popcorn
Haley Davis, Z Is for
Zeke's Zany Zebra
Erin Dyle, N is for Nest!
Lessons
for teaching
phoneme awareness
Heather
Kenny, P
is for Pumpkin
Sarah Byrd, Five
Fantastic Frogs
Megan Kasl, Gulping
Grape Soda!
Jane Moncrief, Flip
Flop Flee
Ashley Wood, Open Wide!
Lauren Barrowclough, Shelly
the Shell Says Shhhhhhh!
Meredith Mosley, The
Scary, Creaky Door!
Karla Hollis, Open Wide
Ashley Biggee, Aaaa!
Ashley's Scared!
Casey Fullilove, Pop
Your P's...Pop! Pop! Pop!
Jeanine Grimes, My
Dentist Doesn't Make Me Say /o/
Carrie Smith, J the Jump Rope and G the Jungle Gym
Katheryn Frey, Purple
Polly Platypus
Beth Gamble, Mmmm...Mmmm...
Yummy
Katie Lincoln, Choo,
Choo!
Kristie Fitzgerald, OOOOhhhh
Nooo, My Nose!
Morgan Curry, Picking
/a/.../a/...Apples
Lessons
for teaching print concepts, segmentation, or blending
II.
Beginning Reading
Lessons for
teaching
decoding with short vowels
Kathryne Clark, Can You Open the Creaky Door?
Megan Kerns, Open Wide
and Say "Ahhh"
Jane Moncrief, Iiiit's
Iiiicky Stiiicky!
Beth Gamble, Up, Up,
and Away!
Ashley Wood, Uhh...Don't
Punch Too Hard!
Katie Lincoln, Icky
Sticky!
Shelley Horton, Icky
Sticky!
Lauren Parker, Baseball
Blending
Casey Fullilove, Open
Up and Say /o/!
Heather Kenny, Yummy in
My Tummy!
Haley Davis, Red Gets
Fed
Carrie Smith, “Uhhh!”
Says the Whining Child
Katheryn Frey, Abigail Ant
Naomi Lewis, Pooh’s
Rumbling Tummy
Lessons
for teaching decoding with
long vowels and other vowels
Sarah Byrd, The Race to
Space
Megan Kasl, Ow! That
Hurts!
Meredith Mosley, I Ate
Grape Cake!
Lauren Barrowclough, A
Seal Who Loves Peaches and Cream
Karla Hollis, Uh Oh!
Jeanine Grimes, AAAAches
and PAAAAins
Meghan Ciampi, I Scream,
You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream
Erin Dyle, Oh! Let's
Go Home!
Morgan Curry, To the
Sea...ea=/E/
Lessons
for teaching decoding with
consonant digraphs and other chunks
Ashley Biggee, Chad's
Choo Choooo
Kristie Fitzgerald, Play
Ball Ya'll!
Lessons
for teaching spelling
III.
Growing Independence & Fluency
Lessons
for teaching faster reading
Katheryn Frey, Up, Up, Up
the Banana Tree
Shelley Horton, Zooming
Into Fluency
Katie Lincoln, Buzz,
Buzz, Buzz!
Kathryne
Clark, Up, Up and Away With Fluency
Beth Gamble, Around
the Bases With Reading
Megan Kerns, On Your
Mark, Get Set, Read!
Jane Moncrief, Faster
and Faster!
Lauren Barrowclough, Ready,
Set, Let's Read!
Casey Fullilove, Fire!
Fire! Fire!
Megan Kasl, Ready....Set....Read!
Meredith Mosley, On Your
Mark, Get Set, Go!
Karla Hollis, Race to
the Finish
Meghan Ciampi, Score
With Fluency
Jeanine Grimes, Flying to
Fluency
Heather Kenny, Racy
Readers!
Haley Davis, Get Ready
to Race!
Carrie Smith, Fantastic
Fluency
Erin Dyle, Climbing
the Mountain of Fluency!
Naomi Lewis, Bounce
Into Speedy Reading
Morgan Curry, Climb for
Fluency
Lessons
for teaching smoother,
better phrased, or more expressive
reading
Ashley Biggee, Smooth
Cat!
Ashley Wood, Give Me
Some Expression!
Sarah Byrd, Excellent
Expression
Lauren Parker, Yay for
Expression!
Ashley Wood, Give Me
Some Expression!
Kristie Fitzgerald, A
Reading Rockabye
Lessons
for teaching children to
read silently or voluntarily and avidly
IV.
Reading to Learn
Lessons
for teaching summarization
Megan Kasl, Tell Me All
About It
Jane Moncrief, Let's
Summarize
Ashley Wood, Let’s Sum
It All Up!
Shelley Horton, 1,2,3...Summing
It Up!
Lauren Parker, Summarizing
Lauren Barrowclough, It’s
Time to Sum It Up!
Meredith Mosley, Super
Duper Summarizer
Casey Fullilove, Summarization
in Every Location!
Ashley Biggee, Only the
Facts
Heather Kenny, In a
Nutshell...
Haley Davis, Sum It Up!
Meghan Ciampi, Strength
in Summarizing
Kathryne Clark, Give Me
the Facts
Katheryn Frey, What's
Important?
Beth Gamble, Super
Space Summarization
Katie Lincoln, A
Splendid Summarization
Erin Dyle, Catch Those
Butterfly Facts!
Naomi Lewis, Summarizing
With Eeyore
Lessons
for teaching visualization
Megan Kerns, Wizard
Vision
Sarah Byrd, Snap a
Picture!
Jeanine Grimes, Picture
It!
Karla Hollis, Pigs: A
Visual Splendor
Lessons
for teaching children to ask or answer questions
Carrie Smith, A Quest
for Questions
Kristie Fitzgerald, Sunny
or Shady?
Morgan Curry, Think and
Learn As You Go
Lessons
for teaching children about
story grammar