Epiphanies
Research-Based Lessons From Preservice Teachers
Auburn University
Fall 2012
I. Emergent Literacy
Lessons for teaching phoneme
awareness
Liz Cosper, H, H,
Huffing and Puffing
Taylor Willis, Gulping
Down Great Grape Juice with G
Madison Boyd, Licking Our
Lips With L
Megan Stephenson, Chubby
Chimps
Chugging Chocolate Milkshakes
Lauren Singer, Crackling
Pop
Rocks with K
Meredith
Kizer, Popping
P's and Popcorn
Blair
Smith, The
Race to Catch Letter R
Kristen
Goodson, Stay
Sneaky Says the Snake
Jamie Smith, Say
"Ch-cheese"
Ava
Sewell, The
Mommies on the Bus Say Shhh Shhh Shh!
Moriah
Spivey, Oh
Lovely L!
Caroline Duffy, Take Time
to Learn T
Sarah
Drawdy, Pop
Popcorn With P
D.D. Knight, Drill a New
Word With D
Leigh Wagner, Vicky's Very
Violet Vacuum
Rebecca Tarleton, Click
the Camera!
Heather Sherrell, Wailing
WEEEE
on a Wild Ride!
Jennifer Russell, Tap
the Tambourine for T
Alyssa Gilman, Hissssing
Snake Says SSSssss
Martha Emanuel, B the
B-b-b-b-beating Heart
Katie
Bolander, The
Gulping Girl
Jessica Wilson Choo
Chooing with Ch
Kayla Wesley, David at the
Disco
Lindsay Borgschulte, Drive a car
with V – Vroom Vroom
Kristin
Bunyard, The
Talking T!
Michelle Jones, Chugging
Along with CH
Sharly Citizen, The
Clock Goes TTTick TTTick
Christina Statler, Be a Ticking
Clock with T
Miranda Lewis, Do You Hear
the Sink Drip-p-p-ping?
Kelsey Hendrix, Bbbb
Bounce the Ball
Elizabeth Smith, Shave Your
Face With V
Kelsey Fourroux, It's
Time
for Teaching
Courtney Leyde, Charging
Down the Track with CH
Turquoise Dillard, Silly
Sally
Sue Sizzling Hot Sausage
Ashley Kinsey, Tick Tock
T
Katie Nirschl,
Mmm, That Was Good
Anne Barron, SSS the
Super Snake Goes sss
Sarah Plier, Ticking
Time Machines Say T, T, T . . .
Savannah Roberts, The
B-b-b-b-bouncing
Basketball
Lyndsey Tenney, Sneaky
Snake
Emily Colburn, Gulping
a Soda with G
Jenny Rodriguez, Catch
Your
Breath With H
Lauren Sprouse, Sally
the Hissing Snake
Lessons for teaching
letter recognition
Jessica Rush, Julie the
Jaguar
Lessons for teaching print concepts, segmentation, or blending
II. Beginning Reading
Lessons for teaching
decoding with short vowels
Kayla Wesley, Ick!
Heather
Sherrell,
O, O, O
at the Doctor
Rebecca Tarleton, Ah,
Ah, Ah, Open Wide!
Leigh Wagner, "AAAAHHHHH! "
Sings the Choir
Jamie Smith, Silly Billy
Swims
Meredith
Kiser, Don't
Grab the Ants, /a/!
Moriah
Spivey, Lunch
With /u/
Jennifer Russell, "Aaaa!
I'm
Scared!" Says Short A
Alyssa Gilman, Icky
Sticky
Martha
Emanuel, "Aaaaaa,"
Says the Crying Baby
Jessica Wilson, Say
"Ahhh"
Says the Doctor
Katie Bolander, Eh? What
did you say? I can't hear you
Sarah Drawdy, AAA I'm
Scared!
Blair Smith, Ahh! Now
That's Refreshing!
Madison Boyd, "Aaaaaahh,
I'm Scared!" said /a/
Michelle
Jones,
The
Doctor Says "aaaahhhh"
Sharly
Citizen, Yuuuck
a Buuug
Christina Statler, Itty
Bitty /i/
Miranda Lewis, Uhhh...Do You
Hear That Sound?
Kelsey Hendrix, The
Sub
Says Uhhh!
Kelsey Fourroux, Uhh?? Is
There a Bug Under the Rug?
Courtney Leyde, Uhhhh
. . . I Don't Know
Turquoise
Dillard,
Aaaaaaa!!!
I
Want Ice Cream
Ashley Kinsey,
Icky Sticky I
Jessica Rush, Ellie the
Elephant Entered the Elevator Excitedly
Anne Barron, What Does
the Doctor Say? Ah!!
Sarah Plier, "My
Allergies are Acting Up . . . AAAAChooo!"
Savannah Roberts, "Aaaaa-choo"
.
. . Allie the Alligator has Alergies
Emily Colburn, Icky
Sticky Snickers
Jenny Rodriguez, Smelling
Icky i's
Lauren Sprouse, Icky
Sticky
Lessons for teaching
decoding with long vowels and other vowels
Kristen
Goodson, Ay
There!
Lauren Singer, The Horn goes
Beep, Beep, Beep
Liz Cosper, Ay, How Are
You?
Taylor Willis, Ow, Now I get
it!
D.D. Knight, Sing a New
Word With A
Caroline Duffy, Aaaayyy I
See
Lindsay Borgschulte, OOOOOOH
NOOOOOO
Kristin Bunyard, The Tune
That Amuses!
Ava Sewell, Ay? What
Did You Say?
Elizabeth Smith, "BOO!
Happy Halloween!" Said the Ghost
Katie Nirschl, I,
I,
I, I
Lyndsey
Tenney, Oh,
I Knew That!
Lessons for teaching
decoding with consonant digraphs and other chunks
Megan
Stephenson, Sh,
Sh its Shelia the Shark shaking the shells
Lessons for teaching
spelling
III. Growing
Independence & Fluency
Lessons for teaching
faster reading
Blair Smith, Junie B.
Jones is Captain Fluency
Heather Sherrell, Flying
Towards Fluency with Baby Hoot
Leigh Wagner, Fluency is
Fabulous!
Rebecca Tarleton, Flying
Into Fluent Reading
Megan Stephenson, Reading
as fast as Lightening
Meredith Kizer, READ,
READ, READ and Repeat
Taylor Willis, Fast, Fluent
Reading is Fun!
D. D. Knight, Pedal to the
Metal
Moriah Spivey, Racing to
Fluency
Liz Cosper, Fun with
Fluency
Jennifer Russell, Shh.
. . It's a Secret
Alyssa Gilman, Ready?
Set! READ!
Martha Emanuel, Racing
Readers
Jamie Smith, Fluency
is Fabulous
Caroline Duffy, Making
Fluency Fun
Katie Bolander, Flying
into Fluent Reading with Angry Birds
Jessica
Wilson, Picking
Up Speed With Fluency!
Kayla Wesley, I Want to be
a Fluent Reader for Halloween!
Sarah Drawdy, Flying Into
Fluency
Meredith Kizer, READ,
READ, READ and Repeat
Kristin Bunyard, Get Ready,
Get Set, READ!
Kristen
Goodson, Hopping
Into Fluency
Madison Boyd, Zoom!
Zoom! I'm a Fluent Reader!
Michelle Jones, Fantastic
and Fluent
Ava
Sewell, Frog
and Toad are Fluent Friends
Lauren
Singer, Making
Fluency Fun!
Sharly Citizen, Hopping
Into Fluent Reading
Christina Statler, Ready, Set,
GO READ!
Miranda Lewis, Reading is a
Breeze!
Kelsey Hendrix, Ready
to
Read
Kelsey Fourroux, Read
Like a Cheetah
Turquoise Dillard, Targeting
for Fluency
Ashley Kinsey, Hopping
Into
Fluency
Jessica Rush, Ready, Set,
Read!
Anne Barron, Fun and
Fluent
Sarah Plier, Fly Into
Fun, Fluent Reading
Savannah Roberts, Oink
Oink! It's Time for Fluency
Emily Colburn, No
Speed Limit
Lessons
for teaching smoother, better phrased, or more expressive
reading
Elizabeth
Smith, Books
Show Emotion Just Like You!
Lindsay Borgschulte,
Do
You Hear What I Hear? An Expressive Reader
Courtney Leyde, Express
Yourself!
by Reading Fluently
Katie Nirschl, E-X-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N,
What's
That Spell?
Lyndsey Tenney, Exciting
Expressions
Jenny
Rodriguez, Expressions
With Silly Iggy Pig
Lauren Sprouse, Expressive
Fluency
Lessons for teaching
children to read silently or voluntarily and avidly
IV. Reading to Learn
Lessons for teaching
vocabulary
Liz Cosper, Very
Valuable Vocabulary
Taylor Willis, Rocking
Relationship Vocabulary
Lessons for teaching
summarization
Megan Stephenson, Sum
Up
the Story
Rebecca Tarleton, Super
Summarizing
D.D. Knight, Super
Summary
Heather Sherrell, Smile,
We're Summarizing!
Alyssa Gilman, Flutter Away
with Summarizing
Jamie Smith, Sweet
Summarizers
Moriah Spivey, Well, to
Make a Long Story Short
Caroline Duffy, Summarizing
is
the Key to Success
Katie Bolander, Sophisticated
Summarizers
Leigh Wagner, Super
Summarizers!
Jessica Wilson, Summaries
Easy
as 1,2,3!
Lindsay Borgschulte, Short
and Simple - With Big Meaning!
Blair Smith, Food For
Thought
Meredith
Kizer, WHO'S
THAT BIRD....I need a SUMMARY!
Kristen
Goodson, Summing
It Up
Michelle Jones, Successful
Summarizing
Madison Boyd, Let's Sum
it up!
Lauren Singer, Heart of
Summarizing
Sharly
Citizen, Summarizing
Scientists
Miranda Lewis, 1...2..3...
Summarize!
Kelsey Hendrix, Soar
Through
Summarizing
Kelsey Fourroux, Super
Summarizing
Courtney Leyde, Summing
it Up
Martha Emmanuel, Sum it
Up!
Turquoise Dillard, Summarizing
Sharks
Ashley Kinsey, Swimming
Into Summarization
Katie Nirschl, Sum,
Sum,
Sum It Up!
Anne Barron, Let's
Summarize!
Sarah Plier, Super
Summarizing
Savannah Roberts, Stupendous
Summarizers!
Jessica Rush, Summarizing
is Super!
Lyndsey Tenney, Summing
It Up!
Emily Colburn, Sum,
Sum,
Sum It Up!
Lauren
Sprouse, Summing
it Up
Ava Sewell, Super
Summarizers
Lessons for teaching
visualization
Kristin
Bunyard, Close
Your
Eyes and Snap a Picture!
Jennifer Russell, Mind
Reading
Kayla Wesley, Picture This!
Sarah Drawdy, Picture
That!
Kristin Bunyard, Close Your
Eyes and Snap a Picture!
Christina Statler, Painting
Pictures in My Mind
Elizabeth Smith, I Can See
Clearly Now!
Lessons for teaching children to ask or answer questions
Jenny Rodriguez, A
Chomp of Knowledge
Lessons for teaching children about story grammar