Connections
Lesson Designs from Preservice Teachers
Auburn University
Spring 2005
I.
Emergent Literacy
Lessons for
teaching
letter recognition
Rebecca
Smith, Miss
Molly the Mouse
Jill Overstreet, Lazy
O
Dorsey Tippett, Move
the M My Way
Nicole Pender, Zigby
Zigzags
Lessons for teaching
phoneme awareness
Bruce
Murray, Sound
the Foghorn
Mareena Kohtala, I've
Got a Bad Taste in my Mouth! Aaa!
Liz Copenhaver, D-d-d-dribble
the Basketball
Nell Fleming, Tick
Tock Says the Clock
Maria Jackson, Bouncing
Basketball B's
Kelby Conway, Giddyup
Gilbert
Shealy Melton, Plenty
of Popping
Gina Campanotta, Active
Animals Everywhere
Andrea Williams, Choo,
Choo! All Aboard!
Kasey Pettus, 3-2-1
Action!
Rebecca Walton, Batter's
Up!
Mariel Hall, Say Aaah!
Coley Duke, Alikizam .
. . There's Apple Jam!
Mark Mathews, Alphabetic
Acting
Emily Borders, Uh...I
Don't Know!
Jennifer Ruschhaupt, Antics
Lessons
for teaching print concepts
Jenna
Sumlin, Family
Ties
Jordan McWilliams, Rhyming
With Seuss
I.
Beginning Reading
Lessons for
teaching
decoding with short vowels
Kasey Pettus, Ick...That's
Sticky
Jenna Sumlin, When is
Ed Fed?
Shealy Melton, This
Glue is Sticky!
Jill Overstreet, Isabelle
the Icky Iguana
Rebecca Smith, It Is
Incredible, Isn't It!
Gina Campanotta, Ehh
. . . Could You Repeat That?
Andrea Williams, Icky
Sticky Iguana
Maria Jackson, Balloons
Go Up, Up, Up in the Sky
Dorsey Tippett, Let's
Help the E out!
Mariel Hall, "Aaah"
Says the Doc
Mareena Kohtala, Icky
Sticky
Coley Duke, Uggy the
Umbrella Went Up, Up, Up!
Jennifer Ruschhaupt, Imagine
It
Lessons
for teaching decoding with
long vowels and other vowels
Liz Copenhaver, Ike's
Ice Cream Is Icy
Kelby Conway, Ride
That Bike
Rebecca Walton, "Arrrrr!"
Said the Pirate
Mark Mathews, Bo
Knows O
Emily Borders, Shake
With A
Lessons
for teaching decoding with
consonant digraphs and other chunks
Nell Fleming, Shhhh!!
The baby's asleep!
Nicole Pender, Champions
Check for ch
Jordan McWilliams, Shh...
Lessons
for teaching blending
III.
Growing Independence & Fluency
Lessons
for teaching faster reading
Gina Campanotta, 1,
2, 3, Read
Shealy
Melton, Ready to
Race
Mark Mathews, Reading
Faster, Words Will Flow. Reading Faster, Here We Go!
Rebecca Smith, Hurry on
Your Trip, Cat!
Jill Overstreet, Racy
Reader
Andrea Williams, Start
Your Engines!
Kasey Pettus, Ready,
Set, Read
Dorsey Tippett, Race to
the Finish Line!
Kelby Conway, Fast
Little Monkeys
Liz Copenhaver, Vrrrm
Vrrrm…Speed Reading
Nicole Pender, Swimming
for Rapid Reading
Rebecca Walton, Racing
to Read!
Jordan McWilliams, On
Your Mark, Get Set, Read!
Jennifer Ruschhaupt, Simon
Says: Mother May I?
Lessons
for teaching smoother,
better phrased, or more expressive
reading
Mariel Hall, Books Have
Feelings, Too!
Coley Duke, I'm Nuts
about Reading
Jenna Sumlin, Express
Yourself!
Mareena Kohtala, Smooth
Moves
Emily Borders, Expression
Direction
Lessons
for teaching children to
read silently or voluntarily and avidly
Nell Fleming, Please
Read Politely!
Maria Jackson, My Lips
Are Zipped!
IV. Reading to Learn
Lessons
for teaching summarization
Nell Fleming, 1, 2, 3
. . . a Summary!
Kelby Conway, Super
Summaries
Dorsey Tippett, Shorten
the Length
Shealy Melton, Summin'
It All Up
Gina Campanotta, Summarize
the Danger!
Kasey Pettus, To Tell
You in a Nutshell . . .
Rebecca Walton, Let's be
Star Summarizers!
Mariel Hall, What's the
Main Idea?
Jenna Sumlin, Break It
Down!
Mark Mathews, It's
ALL Good!
Jennifer Ruschhaupt, Wanted:
Only the Facts!
Nicole Pender, Rockin'
Map Summaries
Jill Overstreet, Summarizing
Puts the Pieces Together
Lessons
for teaching visualization
Andrea Williams, Picture
It!
Liz Copenhaver, Seeing
Is Understanding
Jordan McWilliams, Picture
This!
Mareena Kohtala, How to
See With Your Eyes Closed
Coley Duke, Making
Mind Movies
Lessons
for teaching children about
story grammar
Maria Jackson, Let’s
Put it in a Nutshell!
Lessons
for teaching children to ask or answer questions
Rebecca Smith, Deep or
Shallow
