Projects
Research-Based
Lessons From
Preservice Teachers
Auburn University
Spring 2009
I. Emergent Literacy
Lessons for teaching
phoneme
awareness
Megan O'Brien, Liquefy
Your Lemons for Lemonade
Ashley James, Always Zip
Your Zipper
Maria Sanders, Yummmmy M
Sarah Mobley, Pop
Bubbles With P
Bridget Clabby, Keep Your
Hands Warm for Helen and Harry
Sarah Daughtry, Huff
and Puff With P
Marguerite DeWitt, Slither
Your Arm Like a Snake With S
Katie Freeman, Piggies
Love P-P-Popcorn and P-P-Pancakes
Katelyn Jernigan, Bubble
Popping P
Hannah Paxton, Run Away
With N
Hanna Taylor, Thinking
on the Mountain (M)
Shelley Steiner, Me,
Myself, and /M/ (not I!)
Caroline Yow, Nate Is the
Nicest Newt in the Neighborhood
Julie Mason, Nobody Can
Beat N
Cabray Rauschenberg, Zipping
Through the Zoo With Zebra
Meg Terry, Zipping
Up Z!
Lauren Keasal, Vicky the
Vulture Vacuums Vans
Lindsey Wise, Dizzy Ducks
Susan Grimes, Pop, Pop,
Pop Goes the Popcorn!
Marianna Waits, Bouncing
the Basketball With B
Laura Charlton, Nifty
Noisy N
Leigh Cooper, Not the
Doc!
Cydney Dorsey, Pretty
Penguins Pop Perfect Popcorn
Lauren Davidson, Roaming
the Rainforest With R
Amy Harris, Blowing
Bubbles With b
Hannah Pipkin, Bouncing
With b
Cassie Dillard, Happy
the Dog
Mary Lawrence Chandler, Whoops!
I Let Go of My Balloon! Ffffffffffff
Alyson Jones, Seven
Swans Swimming
Christina Metry, Roar With R
Megan Killen, Ride Your
Motorcycle With M
Sarah Walton, Click
Your Camera for C
Brooke Erickson, Roaring
With the Letter R!
Brittney Garnett, Learn
About Snazzy Snake With S
Haden Casey, Buzz
Around With Z
LindseyTaylor, The
Heart Beats B's
Valerie Vila, Racing on
Racetracks
Ashley Cooke, Blowing
Bubbles With B
Alisa Isom, Sneaky Snake
Lessons
for teaching letter
recognition
Greer Montgomery, Big
and Small Bouncing Balls
Anna Kaye Whiddon, Buddy
the Black Bat Bakes With Blue Bowls
Anna Benson, Get
Poppin' With P
Amanda Gluckman, Baking
Beautiful Brownies
Susanna Pate, Pink Pigs
Love Picnic Parties
Callie Daniels, Make a
Snake With S
Rebecca Macintire, Pop!
With the Letter P
Hanna Lane Blevins, The
Switch Game With b and d
Mary Elizabeth Sandlin, Pat the
Pink Pig Popped Popcorn
Laura Lee Nevins, Gulping
Down Gatorade
Ami Young, T, T, T, Tapping Toes
Kayla Petty, Tap Your
Drum
Cameron Pass, Fishing for
F!
Malissa Lopez, Ruth's
Rodeo
Caitlin Pickelsimer, Popping
Popcorn
Lessons
for
teaching print
concepts, segmentation, or blending
II. Beginning Reading
Lessons
for teaching decoding
with short vowels
Mary Lawrence Chandler, Eh? I
Can't Hear You!
Greer Montgomery, The
Silly Icky Pig
Valerie Vila, Aaaaa,
Crying Baby
Caroline Yow, Open Your
Mouth Wide . . . /o-o-o/
Marguerite DeWitt, Standing
Outside With My Mouth Open Wide, /a/-/a/-/a/
Sarah Mobley, Eh . . .
What's Up, Doc?
Cabray Rauschenberg, Uhhh
. . . I Don't Know!
Marianna Waits, What Did
You Say? /E-e-e-e/?
Hannah Paxton, Don't Be
a Crybaby!
Sarah Daughtry, Uh, Can
You Repeat the Question?
Meg Terry, It's Hot!
Ahhh, Let's Cool Off With O!
Anna Benson, Aaaa,
Let's Ride the Rollercoaster
Amanda Gluckman, Uncle
Understanding Says Uhhh
Lauren
Keasal, Ed
the
Elephant Went to Fetch the Elk
Susanna Pate, Aaaaaa!
Lindsey Wise, Icky Igloos
Say /i/
Susan Grimes, Hot, Hot,
Hot!
Callie Daniels, Adventures
With /a/!
Rebecca Macintire, Izzy's
Icky Sticky Hands
Laura Charlton, Aaaaa .
. . Cries the Baby
Leigh Cooper, It's
Sticky Icky!
Cydney Dorsey, A-a-a-a-Choo!
Lauren Davidson, Open
Your Mouth for O
Mary Elizabeth Sandlin, Aaaaaaaaa
Choo-Choo! I Sneezed!
Hannah Pipkin, Eh? I
Cannot Hear You!
Cassie Dillard, The Big
Hit
Alisa Isom, Silly Billy
Alyson Jones, Allie
Abbot Loves Apples
Christina Metry, Ally the
Alligator
Megan O'Brien, Eh?
What's That You Say, Sonny Boy?
Laura Lee Nevins, Eh, What
Was That?
Ami Young, Upside-Down
Umbrella
Ashley James, Oh My Gosh!
Megan Killen, A-a-a, an
Alligator!
Sarah Walton, Eeeeeehhh!
Do You Hear That Old Creaky Door Opening?
Brooke Erickson, Uhh,
Why Am I at School?
Brittney Garnett, Biting
Into an Apple With /a/, /a/, /a/ /a/ /a/
Maria Sanders, Aaaaaaaa!
Scaredy A!
Haden Casey, Icky Icky
Mud
Malissa Lopez, Say Ah!
for the Doctor
Lindsey Taylor, Open Up
for /o/
Jessica Brown, Sticky
Icky Fishy
Caitlin Pickelsimer, Aaaaaaaaa,
A
Hana Lane Blevins, Cool
Drink of Water, /o/
Ashley Cooke, Sneeze
With Short A
Lessons for
teaching
decoding
with long vowels and other vowels
Hanna Taylor, Oh, Oh,
Oh!
Katie Freeman, Let's Go
Fly a Kite!
Kayla Petty, Pirate
Ready
Cameron Pass, Oh My! It's
I, I, I!
Lessons
for teaching decoding
with consonant digraphs and other chunks
Anna Kaye Whiddon, Ch, Ch,
Ch . . . Choo Choo
Bridget Clabby, Chuck the
Chimp Chomps on Cheese
Shelley Steiner, Shhh . .
. I See a Fish!
Katelyn Jernigan, Ch, Ch,
Choo Choo!
Julie Mason, Sh! Be Quiet!
Amy Harris, Chirping
Chicks
Lessons for
teaching spelling
III. Growing Independence
and Fluency
Lessons for
teaching faster
reading
Cassie Dillard, Zipping
Up the Flag Pole
Ashley James, On Your
Mark, Get Set, Read!
Alyson Jones, Climbing
the Ladder to Reading Fluency
Greer Montgomery, Read
Fast to Win the Race!
Susanna Pate, Leaping
Into Reading!
Hannah Pipkin, Speedy
Read!
Mary Elizabeth Sandlin, Ready,
Set, Read!
Sarah Walton, Racing to
Read With Fluency!
Anna Kaye Whiddon, Stop,
Drop, and Read!
Shelley Steiner, Go Star
Reader!
Megan Killen, Super
Fast Speedy Readers
Valerie Vila, Ready, Set,
Go!
Katelyn Jernigan, Rocket
Reading
Sarah Mobley, Zooming
Toward Fluency!
Hannah Paxton, Quickening
the Pace With Poetry
Sarah Daughtry, Speed
Reading Is Fun
Cabray Rauschenberg, Sailing
to Fluency
Meg Terry, Climbing
Up Fluency Mountain
Anna Benson, Fluency
Fun: Ready to Read!
Amanda Gluckman, Where
Are the Wild Things? Reading Fluently!
Lauren Keasal, Fluency
Is Key!
Katie Freeman, Oh, I
Know I Can Read Faster!
Callie Daniels, Race
Into Reading
Marianna Waits, The
Buzzing Bee
Laura Charlton, 3, 2, 1
Blast Off!
Leigh Cooper, Out of
the Park Reading!
Cydney Dorsey, 1-2-3,
Reading Fluency!
Lauren Davidson, The
Buzz About Reading
Amy Harris, Racing
Towards Fluency
Alisa Isom, On Your
Mark, Get Set, Read!
Mary Lawrence Chandler, Zooming
Down the Road to Fluency
Christina Metry, Tab's Take
on Fluency Fun
Megan O'Brien, Slide
Your Way to Reading
Ami Young, We Speed
to Read!
Brittney Garnett, Let's
Get to the Finish Line!
Kayla Petty, Bee-ing
Great With Fluency!
Maria Sanders, Leap
Into Reading
Cameron Pass, Super Fast,
Super Readers!
Haden Casey, Fly by
Reading Faster
Jessica Brown, Race Into
Reading!
Caitlin Pickelsimer, Fluent
Reading With Frog and Toad
Hanna Lane Blevins, Amphibian
Friends
Ashley Cooke, Read Like
Lightning
Lindsey Taylor, Flipping
and Flopping With Fluency
Lessons for teaching
smoother,
better phrased, or more expressive reading
Bridget Clabby, Act It
Out With Your Voice!
Marguerite DeWitt, Become an
Expressionist!
Laura Lee Nevins, Up, Up,
and Away With Reading!
Julie Mason, Express
Yourself!
Rebecca Macintire, Chicka
Chicka BOOM BOOM!
Malissa Lopez, Leaping
With Expression!
Lessons
for teaching children
to read silently or voluntarily and avidly
Caroline Yow, I Heard a
Cricket!
Susan Grimes, My
Reading Journey
Hanna Taylor, Reading
Right!
Lindsey Wise, Sssshhhh!
Brooke Erickson, Shhh,
I'm Trying to Read!
IV. Reading to Learn
Lessons
for teaching
summarization
Katelyn Jernigan, Somebody's
Summarizing!
Julie Mason, Summarize
With Cow Pies
Bridget Clabby, Try and
Sum This Up!
Hannah Paxton, Can We
Put It Together? Yes, We Can!
Sarah Daughtry, Super
Snazzy Summaries
Meg Terry, Something's
Fishy About Our Summaries
Amanda Gluckman, Long
Story Short
Susanna Pate, That Sums
It Up!
Anna Benson, Run With
Reading!
Katie Freeman, That's a
Tiger of a Summary! Grr!
Callie Daniels, Summing
It Up!
Marianna Waits, Tell Me
All About It!
Laura Charlton, Learning
to Summarize
Leigh Cooper, Let's Sum
It Up!
Cydney Dorsey, Sum It Up!
Lauren Davidson, Super
Summary Synopsis
Mary Elizabeth Sandlin, Let's
Get It Together!
Cassie Dillard, So . . .
What Did I Read?
Valerie Vila, Summarize,
Summarize, Summarize
Alisa Isom, Summarizing
Is the Key!
Mary Lawrence Chandler, That
About Sums It Up!
Christina Metry, A Beary
Good Summary
Megan O'Brien, Summing
Up for an Easy Read
Laura Lee Nevins, Summarizing
With the Snakes
Greer Montgomery, Sum
It All Up!
Megan Killen, Let's Sum
It All Up!
Ashley James, Straight
to the Point!
Brooke Erickson, Let's
Sum It Up!
Brittney Garnett, It's a
Hunt!
Kayla Petty, Summarizing
Isn't So Crabby
Cameron Pass, One Whale
of a Summary
Haden Casey, Keys to
Summarization
Jessica Brown, Flipping
Into Summarization
Caitlin Pickelsimer, Leaving
an Important Message
Hannah Pipkin, That
About Sums It Up!
Anna Kaye Whiddon, Let's
Sum It All Up!
Ashley Cooke, Something
to Remember!
Lessons
for teaching
visualization
Hanna Taylor, Create-a-Comic
Visualization
Sarah Mobley, Picture
That!
Cabray Rauschenberg, Click!
Creating a Picture From the Text
Marguerite DeWitt, Visualization
Is Picture Perfect
Lindsey Wise, Becoming
the Illustrator
Shelley Steiner, Read It,
Think It, Draw It!
Susan Grimes, I Spy, in
My Little Mind, Something That Is . . .
Rebecca Macintire, Picture
This!
Amy Harris, Take That
Picture!
Lauren Keasal, Can't You
See?
Alyson Jones, A Picture
Is Worth a Thousand Words
Ami Young, Paint Your
Picture
Sarah Walton, Paint a
Picture in Your Mind!
Lindsey Taylor, Picture
This!
Lessons
for teaching children
to ask or answer questions
Caroline Yow, Why Do I
Need to Know Why?
Maria Sanders, Wondering
Wizards!
Malissa Lopez, The 5 W's
of Reading
Lessons for
teaching children
about story grammar
