Inspirations
Lesson Designs from Preservice Teachers
Auburn University
Fall 2003
I. Emergent Literacy
Lessons for teaching letter
recognition
Christie Shelton, C and G up
the Coconut Tree
Jessica Acton, Buh! and Duh!
Anna Beth Sanders, Ding Dong,
It's D!
Jennifer Overfelt, Roger
That!
Carrie Sanders, F Is for Fish
Stephanie Hagler, Baaa! I'm a
Sheep!
Lessons for teaching phoneme
awareness
Jennifer Hall, Pop, Pop,
Popcorn
Misti Clifton, Munching
on M
Shona Butcher, Tick Tock
Goes the Clock
Sarah Asbury, Eeehh, What
Was That?
Desiree Bennett, Slithering
Silly Snake
Angela Long, Wemberly's
Wonderful Wonders
Lindsay Boshell, Silly
Sally Snake
Courtney Hill, Cry Baby
Anna Ludlum, Don't Make
That Baby Cry
Elizabeth Crosby, Eager E
Megan Schmidt, Waaa . . .
Abby Is Unhappy
Kristin Acuff, Juggling Bugs
Alison Stokes, Sneaky Snake
Mari Manning, Going to
the Doctor
Emily Watts, Icky Sticky
Piggy
Mandy Woefl, Egg-stra!
Egg-stra!
Claire Dugas, Bingo!
Amber Farrulla, Good
Grape Soda--Gulp, Gulp, Gulp
Catherine Moore, Pretty P
Leslie Rosebrough, The
Very Hungry Caterpillar
Shannon Ritter, Aaaaaaaa!
Home Alone!
Annette Lombardi, 'Aaaarrr!'
Said the Pirate
Christina Woods, Fishing for
F
Meaghan Lambert, The
Not-So-Scary Creaky Door!
Rebecca Creecy, Abracadabra
/a/ /a/ /a/
Autumn Aldrich, Sucking
Our TH Thumb
Lessons for teaching print concepts
Sara Roehm, Words and
Sentences
Lana Woods, Rhyme Time
II. Beginning
Reading
Lessons for teaching decoding with
short vowels
Jennifer Hall, Isabelle the
Iguana
Sarah Asbury, Icky Sticky
Peanut Butter
Angela Long, Cat on a Mat
Lindsay Boshell, Unopened
Umbrella
Courtney Hill, Icky-Sticky
Pig
Anna Ludlum, E-e-e-e-eggs
in Be-e-ed?
Elizabeth Crosby, Egggggcitable
E
Megan Schmidt, Open Up
and Say "Ahh"
Alison Stokes, Aaa-aaa-aaa-choo!
Emily Watts, "Aaaaaa!"
It's Okay, Baby!
Jessica Acton, Sticky Ricky!
Claire Dugas, Interesting
Iggy
Amber Farrulla, Here
Kitty, Kitty
Jennifer Overfelt, Hot Rod
Anna Beth Sanders, Poor
Crying Baby
Catherine Moore, Mr. Doc
Shannon Ritter, Icky Sticky!
Autumn Aldrich, Uh Oh,
It's U
Carrie Sanders, Aaa is
Scary!
Stephanie Hagler, Irreplaceable
Liz
Lessons for teaching decoding with
long vowels
Kristin Acuff, What Do
Seals Eat?
Sara Roehm, Jake Makes
Cake
Misty Clifton, That
Sneaky E!
Leslie Rosebrough, Indians
Are Coming!
Lessons for teaching decoding with
consonant digraphs and other chunks
Lana Woods, Chuga,
Chuga, Choo, Choo
Shona Butcher, Fish,
Fish, Fish
Christie Shelton, Chirping
Chickens
Mari Manning,
CH-ch-ch-ch, CH-ch-ch-ch, CHOO-CHOO!
Mandy Woefl, Sh, Sh, Stop
That Noise
Desiree Bennett, Choo Choo
Train
Rebecca Creecy, SHHHH! I'm
Trying to Read.
Christina Woods, Shhhh--Everyone
Is Sleeping
Meaghan Lambert, Swish,
Swish, Swish
Annette Lombardi, TH--That's the Truth!
Lessons for teaching blending
III. Growing Independence
& Fluency
Lessons for teaching faster reading
Sara Roehm, Go Speed
Racer!
Sarah Asbury, Let's Leap
Into Great Reading!
Angela Long, Running
Towards Fluency
Lana Woods, Cheetah
Readers
Jennifer Hall, And They're
Off . . . to Reading!
Anna Ludlum, Ready Set
Read!
Elizabeth Crosby, Let's Read
Faster With Junie
Megan Schmidt, Fun With
Fluency
Mari Manning, Go, Speed
Reader! Go!
Emily Watts, Faster,
Faster, Red Riding Hood!
Mandy Woefl, NASCAR
Reading
Misti Clifton, Out of
Sight
Claire Dugas, Toad Leaps
Into Reading
Amber Farrulla, Sweet
Potato Pie Goes Fast
Catherine Moore, The Fast and
the Fluent
Leslie Rosebrough, Read to
Read? On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!
Desiree Bennett, Zoom Zoom!
Reading Racers!
Lessons for teaching smoother,
better phrased, or more expressive
reading
Shona Butcher, It's All
About Expression
Christie Shelton, I Will
Read (Do you hear me? I mean it!) With Expression
Lindsay Boshell, Get
Excited About Expression
Courtney Hill, Expressing
Your Reading
Kristin Acuff, Oh,
Alexander!
Alison Stokes, Express
Yourself!
Jessica Acton, Get Excited!
Shannon Ritter, Don't Be
Sick of Reading With Expression!
Annette Lombardi, How to
Get Expert Expressionists
Autumn Aldrich, Wow!
Excellent! Oh, Expression!
Rebecca Creecy, It's All
About Expression!
Christina Woods, All Aboard
the Reading Express
Carrie Sanders, Don't Be
Silly--Expression Is Fun!
Stephanie Hagler, Alexander
and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Lessons for teaching silent reading
Jennifer Overfelt, Zip the
Lip
Meaghan Lambert, Shh! I Am
Trying to READ!
Anna Beth Sanders, Polite
Readers
Lessons for teaching children to
read voluntarily and avidly
IV. Reading to Learn
Lessons for teaching summarization
Anna Ludlum, Slim Down
to the Good Stuff by Summarizing
Elizabeth Crosby, Shaking
Things Up in Summarization
Megan Schmidt, Let's Sum
It Up!
Alison Stokes, Summing It
All Up
Mari Manning, It's a
Peach of an Idea!
Angela Long, Swoosh--Remember
That
Mandy Woefl, Sum-mer Fun!
Emily Watts, Super
Summarizer!
Jessica Acton, What's the
Point?
Claire Dugas, The 'Bear'
Facts About Summarization
Jennifer Hall, Summarization
Time
Catherine Moore, Digging
Through the Mess to Find the Treasure
Leslie Rosebrough, Sum It
All Up!
Desiree Bennett, Summarization
Steps
Rebecca Creecy, Simple
Steps to Sum It Up
Christina Woods, Short,
Sweet, and To the Point
Courtney Hill, Let's Sum It
Up
Lindsay Boshell, Successful
Summarizers
Christie Shelton, Meatballs,
Meatballs, Go Away
Sarah Asbury, Let's Sum
It Up
Annette Lombardi, Mapping
Out Summarization
Lessons for teaching visualization
Misti Clifton, Seeing
What You Read
Sara Roehm, Do You See
What I See?
Kristin Acuff, Open the
Doors to Imagination
Amber Farrulla, What a
Wonderful World
Jennifer Overfelt, Imagine .
. .
Anna Beth Sanders, Picture It!
Shannon Ritter, A-B-'See'
Is Easy as 1, 2, 3
Autumn Aldrich, I Spy With
My Little Mind
Carrie Sanders, Seeing Is
Believing
Stephanie Hagler, Seeing Is
Believing!
Lessons for teaching children about
story grammar
Meaghan Lambert, Map Out
the Important Stuff!
Lessons for teaching children to ask or answer questions
Lana Woods, Why?
Shona Butcher, Question
What You Read
