Innovations
Lesson
Designs from Preservice Teachers
Auburn
University
Summer
2005
I. Emergent Literacy
Lessons
for teaching letter recognition
Meg Betbeze, Hurry
Home, Henry!
Hannah Tucker, Mama, Do
You Love Me?
Shannon Moon, Dazzling D’s
and Buzzing B’s
Jillian Wyatt, Miss Millie
the Moose
Deanna Barrera, Super
Susie Slithered Slowly
Jacklyn Schuler, Freddy's
Feet
Jennifer Adams, Z is for
Zaxby the Buzzing Bee
Darren Gordon, Using Folk
Tales: Vowel Influences on the Letter G
Taylor Osborne, D-D-Dribble
Your Basketball Down the Court!
Lessons
for teaching phoneme awareness
Leighton Johnson, Chompin'
on Chewing Gum
Michelle Mummert, Iggy and
the Icky Sticky Inchworm
Kristin Cooke, Aaa! A is Scared of the Monster
Nicole Huff, “Eehh?” is
for Eleven Elephants
Melissa Parrish, Icky
Sticky Sandwich
Gina Reynolds, Perfectly
Popping
Dakota Farrulla, Bouncy Bouncy
Basketballs
Marissa Anderson, Sound of
the Runners, h = /h/
Jamie Sanford, Brush
Your Teeth
Amy Homan, Crying
Baby…Aaaaaa!
Lauren Kendrick, The
Doctor Said Open Up and Say /o/
Stephanie McLure, Hickory
Dickory Dock
Emily Irvin, Mmm, Mmm …
Good!
Laura Hale, Boo . . .
AAAaaaa!
Brandy Smith, Tim the
Turtle Takes Two Turns Today
Anne Kimbell Grant, Sh! Sh!
We're in the library
Courtney Dobbel, HHHH, I'm
Getting Sleepy
II. Beginning Reading
Lessons
for teaching decoding with
short vowels
Meg Betbeze, Icky
Sticky Fingers!
Kristin Cooke, Aaa! A
monster
Nicole Huff, The Pink Pig
Hannah Tucker, What Does
the Doctor Say?
Gina Reynolds, The
Interesting Iguana
Dakota Farrulla, Ollie Ollie
Oxen Free
Jillian Wyatt, Adam’s
Apples
Deanna Barrera, Exciting
E's. "/e/...what did you say?" EXCITING E'S!
Jacklyn Schuler, Bad Bats
Amy Homan, Umbrella Fun
Stephanie McLure, Cre-e-eaky
Door E
Emily Irvin, Silly Siggy
Jennifer Adams, Jack the
Fat Cat
Laura Hale, Iggy
is Icky Sticky
Brandy Smith, Fuzz and
the Buzz
Taylor Osborne, Doctor,
Help! This /i/ is ITCHING!
Anne Kimbell Grant, Doc on Top
Lessons
for teaching decoding with
long vowels and vowel digraphs
Leighton Johnson, IIII---L-IIII-ke---IIII-ke-and-M-IIII-ke
Marissa Anderson, /oo/ /oo/
/oo/ Is Cool!
Jamie Sanford, "Ou" That
Hurt!
Courtney Dobbel, Ewww,
That's Gross
Lessons
for teaching decoding with
consonant digraphs and other chunks
Michelle Mummert, Quick, Quack, Quick
Went the Duck
Melissa Parrish, Ch-Ch-Ch-Chocolate
Shannon Moon, Here Comes
the Choo Chooooooo!
Lauren Kendrick, Ssshhopping
for Ssshhells
Darren Gordon, Ick, Ick,
Icky
III. Growing Independence & Fluency
Lessons
for teaching faster reading
Leighton Johnson, Speedy
Monkeys
Michelle Mummert, Speeding
Into Fluency
Meg Betbeze, Speedy
Reading!
Hannah Tucker, Ready,
Set, Go!
Dakota Farrulla, Fluent Frogs
Flip Fast
Jillian Wyatt, On Your
Mark, Get Set, Read!
Deanna Barrera, On your
mark, get set, READ!
Jacklyn Schuler, Feeding
Red
Amy Homan, Crazy
Racers!
Stephanie McLure, Go, Speed
Reader, Go!
Emily Irvin, Reading
Race to the Farm
Jennifer Adams, Off to the
Races
Laura Hale, Fast and
Fluent Frogs
Taylor Osborne, Get on
the Fluency Boat
Anne Kimbell Grant, Get Ready
to Rumble with Reading!
Courtney Dobbel, Go Speed
Reader, Go!
Lessons
for teaching smoother, better
phrased, or more expressive reading
Nicole Huff, I Will Huff
and Puff and Blow Your House Down!
Melissa Parrish, Use
Expression!
Marissa Anderson, The Day
Jimmy's Boa Ate the Class
Jamie Sanford, Lights-Camera-Action!
Lauren Kendrick, It's All
About Expression
Darren Gordon, The Big
Green Monster
Brandy Smith, Express
Yourself!
Lessons
for teaching silent reading
Gina Reynolds, You
Can't Hear Me
Lessons
for teaching children to
read voluntarily and avidly
Kristin Cooke, DEAR! Drop
Everything and Read
Shannon Moon, I want to go
to the library!