Explorations
Lesson Designs from Preservice Teachers
Auburn University
Fall 2004
I.
Emergent Literacy
Lessons for teaching
letter recognition
Sarah
Stanley, Optical O
Anna Hughes, Beating,
Beating B
Jessica Freeman, Play
Ball!
Ashley Rials, Penny the
Pig Plays With the Letter P
Elana Rees Willett, Big
Bamboozled Bears
Allison McDonald, G Wins the Gold
Stacy Snyder, The Tree
Is Growing Taller
Milissa King, Mischievous
Mindy
Ginny Bell, Hungry,
Hungry Harry
Lori Hunter, Tricky,
Tricky Bingo
Carrie McKissick, Alphabet
Game
Kimberly Bosarge, On the
Lookout for L
Brittany Moore, Dynamic D
Virginia Linne, Sneaky S
Lessons for teaching
phoneme awareness
Katie
Burns, Dan's
Dancing Dog
Kim Alldredge, Rock
the Baby
Whitni DeNamur, Appetizing
Apples
Erin Pringle, Speak
Up, Son
Tiffany Taylor, Yu-MMMM-y
Holly Kubik, Aaaa-Aaaa-Apple!
Holly Kubik, Holly the
Happy Helper
Casey Tidwell, Eh . . .
What Did You Say?
Susan Ross, The
Bouncing Ball
Temetka Smith, Ahhhh . .
. I'm Sleepy!
Ann Mathews, Eeehh,
What Did You Say?
Summer Patterson, Grandma's
Old Creaky Door
Kristin Neely, Icky
Sticky Inchworm
Hope McClanahan, Pop,
Popcorn, Pop!
Amanda Kaye Owens, Aaaa!
It's A!
Beth Montgomery, SSSSneaky
SSSSnake
Rebecca Bracken, Abby the
Black Lab
Lea Mclean, Everybody
Get Ready
Jillian Wyatt, Juggling
Bugs
Sarah Lynn Cowart, Baby,
Don't
Cry! Aaaaaaaaaa!
Mandy
Williamson, Sally
the Silly Snake
Erin McGinnis, A is for Apple
Lessons
for teaching print concepts
Kym
Brazeau, Swat
That Word!
I.
Beginning Reading
Lessons for teaching
decoding with short vowels
Stacy Snyder, Yummy in
my Tummy
Katie Burns, Annie's
Animals
Sarah Stanley, A-a-a-mazing
A's
Anna Hughes, Bob the
Lobster
Erin Pringle, Uhh . .
. That's Yucky!
Susan Ross, Riding the
Roller Coaster
Elana Rees Willett, Open Wide
and Say /o/!
Ginny Bell, Icky Sticky
Mess
Allison McDonald, Uhhh,
Do I Remember!
Sarah Lynn Cowart, Open Wide
and Say o-o-o-o!
Milissa King, Aaahh! Open
Wide
Whitni DeNamur, /e/ Says the Old Door
Kim Alldredge, Open
Wide
Beth Montgomery, The
Duck Says "Cluck, Cluck"
Rebecca Bracken, Boggy
Blob
Kimberly Bosarge, Aaaaa! A
Monster!
Jillian Wyatt, Sticky
Fingers
Amanda Kaye Owens, Eddie the
Elephant
Lea Mclean, Yucky Bug
Brittany Moore, Up, Up,
and Away With the Letter U
Virginia Linne, Red Gets
Fed
Mandy Williamson, I-I-Iggy
the I-I-Iguana
Erin McGinnis, E is for Elephant
Casey Tidwell, Up . . .
Up . . . Umbrella!
Staci Sealy, Icky and
Sticky
Lessons
for teaching decoding with
long vowels and other vowels
Hope McClanahan, Kate
Makes a Cake
Kristin Neely, Boom
Chicka Boom!
Lessons
for teaching decoding with
consonant digraphs and other chunks
Jessica Freeman, Shhhhhhh!
The Sheep Are Sleeping!
Summer Patterson, Watch
Out for That Choo Choo Train!
Ann Mathews, Ch, Ch,
Choo, Choo
Lori Hunter, Ch, Ch,
Ch, Charlie
Lessons
for teaching blending
Tiffany
Taylor, My
Closet Full of Blends
Temetka Smith, The
Blending Train
Ashley Rials, Blending
Is Fun
Holly Kubik, Let's Be
Friends!
Kym Brazeau, Letter
Ladder Slide
III.
Growing Independence & Fluency
Lessons
for teaching faster reading
Amanda Kaye Owens, Riding the
Fluent Reading Waves
Hope
McClanahan, Read
With Speed!
Sarah Stanley, Go, Go,
Speed Reader!
Brittany Moore, Ready,
Set, Read!
Staci Sealy, On Your
Mark, Get Set, Go!
Mandy Williamson, Leaping
Frogs
Katie Burns, Sprint for
Fluency
Casey Tidwell, Read
With Speed
Holly Kubik, Ready . .
. Set . . . Let's Read!
Anna Hughes, Fluency
Fun
Jessica Freeman, Flying
With Adam Raccoon
Stacy Snyder, Off to
the Reading Races
Susan Ross, Climbing
the Mountain
Elana Rees Willett, Let's Book
It Into Reading
Ann Mathews, Sailing
on to Fluent Reading
Ginny Bell, Super Reader
Sarah Lynn Cowart, How Fast
Does Your Boat Go?
Temetka Smith, Reading
Race Cars
Allison McDonald, Running
for Reading
Milissa King, Catch Me If
You Can!
Kym Brazeau, Riding
Smoothly With Reading
Whitni DeNamur, Leap
Into Reading!
Kim Alldredge, Touchdown
Reader
Beth Montgomery, Wow!
What a Speed Reader!
Rebecca Bracken, Flying
Away With Fluency
Lea Mclean, Fluency
Is Fun
Kimberly Bosarge, On Your
Mark, Get Set, Read!
Virginia Linne, Reading
Racers
Carrie McKissick, On
Your Mark, Get Set, Read!
Lessons
for teaching smoother,
better phrased, or more expressive
reading
Summer Patterson, Express
Yourself!
Tiffany Taylor, What
Great Fluency You Have . . . The Better to Read With, My Dear!
Erin Pringle, The Art
of Expression
Lori Hunter, Feeling
Expressive
Carrie McKissick, Leapin'
to Excitement
Jillian Wyatt, No Monkey
Business!
Erin McGinnis, Let's
Get Excited!
Jillian Wyatt, Read as
Smooth as the Breeze
Lessons
for teaching children to
read silently or voluntarily and avidly
Kristin Neely, Let's Be
Silent Readers!
Ashley Rials, Shush,
Please!
IV. Reading to Learn
Lessons
for teaching summarization
Katie Burns, Putting It
All Together With Summarization
Anna Hughes, Summarizing
Is Superb!
Holly Kubik, Let's Sum
It Up
Summer Patterson, Summing
It All Up!
Stacy Snyder, Sum It
All Up
Ann Mathews, Sum It
Up!
Erin Pringle, In a
Nutshell
Ginny Bell, That Really
Sums It Up
Hope McClanahan, What
Was THAT All About?
Kristin Neely, Get to the
Point!
Milissa King, Get to the
Point!
Kym Brazeau, Getting
Down to the Nitty Gritty
Whitni DeNamur, Summarizing
the Good Stuff
Beth Montgomery, Super
Summarizer
Kim Alldredge, Get to
the Point!
Lea Mclean, Putting
It All Together
Amanda Kaye Owens, Sum It Up!
Brittany Moore, Let's Sum
It Up!
Staci Sealy, Sum It Up,
Silly!
Lessons
for teaching visualization
Casey Tidwell, The
Adventures of Visualization
Ashley Rials, Visualizing
Is Fun
Tiffany Taylor, What Do
You See?
Elana Rees Willett, Watching
Mind Movie!
Temetka Smith, Imagine
That!
Allison McDonald, Close
Your Eyes and Imagine . . .
Rebecca Bracken, Turn
Reading Into Watching a Movie!
Kimberly Bosarge, Picture
It!
Virginia Linne, Visualization
Mandy Williamson, Visualization
for Comprehension
Lessons
for teaching children about
story grammar
Susan Ross, I Can
Answer That!
Lessons
for teaching children to ask or answer questions
Lori Hunter, Five Big
W's
Jessica Freeman, W-W-W-W-What
Do You Know?
Sarah Stanley, Fat or
Skinny?
Sarah Lynn Cowart, W, W, W,
We Want W!
Erin McGinnis, Team
Reading!
