Lesson Designs from Preservice Teachers
Auburn University
Spring 2002
II. Beginning Reading
Lessons for teaching decoding
with short vowels
Heather Mauldin, Umbrellas
Up!
Jenn Kanute, Icky-Sticky
Brandy Thomas, Slim
Pig
Christen Walton, The
Baby's Crying . . . Aaa!
Jill Blair, Excellent
Elephants
Donna Macklin, Icky
Bug
Emily Jones, The
Cat Ate My Apple
Lessons for teaching decoding
with long vowels and vowel digraphs
Ashley Nungesser, A
Race to Place
Kelly Starr, Cheep,
Cheep
Rebecca Lee Branum, The
Big E!
Carrie Norris, Bee
a Good Reader
Jennifer O'Meara, I
See a Bee!
Bliss Ramsey, Sparkling
Spelling
Meredith Rich, When
A
Says Its Name
Tonya Hill, The
Rain in Spain Stays Mainly in the Plains
Ann Reid Young, Owl
Makes Reading Fun!
Lessons for teaching decoding
with consonant digraphs and other chunks
Jodi Gray, Choo,
Choo, Words That Say /ch/!
Lindsay Dean, Chocolate
Chicken
Joanie Baker, Chirping
Chicks Chatter
Meg Crow, Swish
the Fish
Heather Grenon, Chica-Chica
Choo Choo
Melanie Starr, Achoo!
Brandi Ferguson, Thump
Your Thinker
Lessons for teaching blending
Sandy Kraeger, Totally
Tubular Blending
Stephanie Skinner, Blending
Buddies
Cindy Crenshaw, /K/
/a/ /t/ Says Cat
Lessons for teaching cross-checking
Ruth Scroggins, Sounding
Out Trouble
Tara Greene, Thumbs
Up for Expert Readers!
III. Growing Independence
& Fluency
Lessons for teaching faster
reading
Heather Mauldin, Practice
Makes Perfect!
Ashley Nungesser, Fluency
Is Fantastic
Jodi Gray, Fluency
Is Freedom!
Lindsay Dean, Hit
a Homerun With Reading Speed
Carrie Norris, Learning
to Be a Super Speedy Reader
Meredith Rich, Fast
. . . Fluency!
Cindy Crenshaw, Flying
Through the World of Books
Lessons for teaching smoother
or more expressive reading
Kelly Starr, Come
With Me to Read Expressively
Rebecca Lee Branum, Book
Talk Fun!
Brandy Thomas, Lights,
Camera, Action!
Christen Walton, We
Love to Express Ourselves!
Tara Greene, As
Smooth as Silk
Joanie Baker, Express
Delivery
Jill Blair, I
Love to Read, Read, Read
Stephanie Skinner, Smooth
Sailing
Ann Reid Young, Blending
With Frog and Toad
Meg Crow, Expression
Equals Enjoyment
Heather Grenon, Let
Me Hear Expression!
Tonya Hill, "Beeing"
Expressive
Melanie Starr, You've
Got to . . . Express Yourself!
Lessons for teaching silent
reading
Jenn Kanute, Quiet
Please!
Donna Macklin, Silent
as a Mouse
Jennifer O'Meara, Shh,
It's Reading Time!
Bliss Ramsey, Read
It in Your Head
Lessons for teaching children
to read voluntarily and avidly
Sandy Kraeger, Reading,
Sharing, and Comparing
Brandi Ferguson, Turn,
Turn, Turn
Ruth Scroggins, Got
Any Good Books?
Emily Jones, You
Pick Your Own Book!
IV. Reading to Learn
Lessons for teaching summarization
Heather Mauldin, Is
That a Fact?
Ashley Nungesser, It's
Safer to Summarize
Jenn Kanute, Keep
It Short!
Jodi Gray, Comprehension
Is Key
Kelly Starr, Simple
Steps of Summarization
Lindsay Dean, Summarization
Mapping
Rebecca Lee Branum, Ten
Cents a Word
Carrie Norris, Can
You Summarize?
Brandy Thomas, We've
Struck Gold!
Christen Walton, Let's
Summarize!
Tara Greene, How
to Summarize
Joanie Baker, Sum
+ It = Up
Jill Blair, So
You Want to Be President?
Ann Reid Young, The
Gray Wolf Story Pyramid
Heather Grenon, Let's
Sum It Up
Meg Crow, Summing
Up SuperCroc
Tonya Hill, My
Guide to Summing It Up
Melanie Starr, Map
It Out!
Lessons for teaching visualization
Sandy Kraeger, Read
It, See It!
Ruth Scroggins, Picture
This
Jennifer O'Meara, Pictures
Make Perfect!
Lessons for teaching children
about story grammar
Bliss Ramsey, Mapping
Comprehension
Meredith Rich, Comprehending
the Story
Stephanie Skinner, Map
Making
Cindy Crenshaw, Comprehension!
The Key That Opens Our Minds
Emily Jones, Do
You Know What You Just Read?
Lessons for teaching children
to ask or answer questions
Donna Macklin, Questions,
Questions, Questions
Brandi Ferguson, Just
the Facts, Ma'am