Passages
Research-Based
Lessons
From Preservice Teachers
Auburn University
Summer 2008
I. Emergent Literacy
Lessons for teaching phoneme awareness
Jana Bell, Doctor, Do
You Hear
the Heartbeat?
Mandy Coker, Whining,
Whistling Whales
Laura Gibson, Silly
Sammy Snake
Megan Mitchell, Miley
the Monkey
Ashley Roy, Picture
Perfect Popcorn
Ashley Wilkins, The
Bumble Bee
Barbie Wilson, Sally the
Slithering Snake
Candace Goodwin, Bouncing
B's
Cierra Haslam, P is for Pumpkin
Melinda Hardin, Zig, Zag,
and Zooming to the Zoo
Amanda Merkel, Please
Play With Peter Puppy!
Lessons for teaching letter recognition
Sarah Abbott, Bumbling
Bees and Double Doozies
Kari Cleveland, Bop,
Hop, and Pop
Lauren Mitchum, Hungry,
Hungry Howie
Kathleen Pease, "B"ee Is
the Best!
Jessica Williams, Zoie
the Bumble Bee Says ZZZzzz
Lauren Dooley, Popcorn
Popping Everywhere!
Grace Jensen, BBBBear
and DDDDogs All Around!
Courtney Norgren, Can't
Bake Brownies Without B
Tabetha Rape, Busy b and Dizzy d
Pamela Bailey, T-T-T-Tapping
Turtle
Lessons for teaching print concepts, segmentation, or blending
II. Beginning Reading
Lessons for teaching decoding with short vowels
Cierra Haslam, Icky
Sticky
Grace Jensen, Andy the
Alligator
Tabetha Rape, Aaaaa!
Watch Out for That Crazy Cat!
Lauren Dooley, Cry Like
a Baby
Mandy Coker, Inside the
Igloo
Laura Gibson, Edgar
Elephant
Barbie Wilson, Icky
Sticky Hands
Ashley Roy, Emily the
Excellent Elephant
Courtney Norgren, Alice
Always Asks for Apples
Pamela Bailey, Uhh, I
Don't Know
Candace Goodwin, A-a-a-a-a
A-a-a-a-a Choo
Lauren Mitchum, O-O-O-Offense
Kari Cleveland, Ughhhhh,
I Can't Ever Remember!
Amanda Merkel, Hug a Bug
Lessons for teaching decoding with long vowels and other vowels
Melinda Hardin, Who Wants
Ice Cream?
Ashley Wilkins, Brown Cow
Lessons for teaching decoding with consonant digraphs and other chunks
Sarah Abbott, Mom Says:
Shh!
Jana Bell, C is
Excellent So Let's Celebrate!
Megan Mitchell, Chuck
the Chipmunk
Jessica Williams, Shhh!
Sherry Is Sleeping
Kathleen Pease, Chicks Say
Chirp, Chirp, Chirp!
Lessons for teaching spelling
III. Growing
Independence and Fluency
Lessons for teaching faster reading
Lauren Dooley, 3, 2, 1 .
. . Read!
Laura Gibson, Speeding
for Reading
Megan Mitchell, He
Reads, He Shoots, He Reads Fluently, and the Crowd Goes Wild!
Ashley Roy, Fast Flying
Fluency
Candace Goodwin, Smooth
Sailing Through Reading
Grace Jensen, Va Va
Voom Into Independence and Fluency
Mandy Coker, Going,
Going, Gone!
Tabetha Rape, Let's Go,
Reading!
Jessica Williams, Get
Ready and Read!
Barbie Wilson, On Your
Mark, Get Set, Read!
Lauren Mitchum, Racing
to Become Fluent Readers
Ashley Wilkins, Up and
Away With Reading
Sarah Abbott, Up, Up,
and Away With Reading
Pamela Bailey, 3-2-1
Blast Off With Reading
Kari Cleveland, Ready
. . . Set . . . Read!
Melinda Hardin, Balloons
Floating Through the Clouds
Cierra Haslam, Zooming
Into Reading
Courtney Norgren, Flying
Through Reading
Kathleen Pease, Let's Read
With Some Speed!
Lessons for teaching smoother, better phrased, or more
expressive
reading
Jana Bell, Hop on the
Expression Express
Amanda Merkel, Expression?!?!
Where?!?!
Lessons for teaching children to read silently or voluntarily and avidly