Research-Based Lessons From Preservice Teachers
Auburn University
Fall
2005
I.
Emergent Literacy
Lessons for
teaching
letter recognition
Jayme
Ebaugh, Bbb
- Bee and Ddd - Dee!
Katie Edema, Gulping
Guppies
Lauren Hendriks, Sticky
Spaghetti Snakes
Lindsay Graves, Four
Funny Fish!
Sarah Autrey, Patty the
Pretty Pig
Anne Joseph, Silly
Sally's Pet Snake
Wendy Robinson, Sally
Snake
Megan Lowery, Maggie's
Merry Milkshakes
Christina Smith, Perfectly
Poised P's
Jessica Parker, N-N-N
Goes No!
Matthew Darby, Bouncy
Balls and Baseball Bats
Allison Cox, Ahhhh….You
Woke Up the Baby!
Lessons for teaching
phoneme awareness
Allison Brock, Open the
Door
Ridey Foster, I-I-I-Icky
Sticky
Lauren Rockwell, Wishy
Washy
Rachel Bier, The Icky
Sticky Ice Cream Cone
Seth Clark, Wiggle
Worms
Amanda Palmer, Eehhh!
Speak Up!
Kari Beth Freeman, Active
Adventures With Short A!
Emily Barberini, Motor
Boat, Motor Boat
Tammy Feely, Can You
Stop the Baby From Crying?
Jenna Ward, Itchy Iggy
Courtney Smith, Don't Cry,
Baby
Jennifer Lilly, Open the
Creaky Door
Laura Beth Anderson, Mmmm
Mmmm Good
Mary Kay Williams, Say
Cheese!
Kristen Britton, Plato
the Penguin
Micah Moore, Icky
Drippy Igloo
Mary Cox Brown, Gazunheit
Laura Slocum, AAAAAAAAAAA!
Stop Crying!
Erin Gray, The Crying
Baby
Lindsay Williams, Ssss…Goes
Sammy the Slithering Snake
Landon McKean, P is for P-P-P-Pumpkin
Margaret Pettey, Shake Out
Those Sillies!
Casey Morrow, Izzy's
Sticky Pig
Emily Cate Stewart, Open
That Door! Eeehh…
Leslie Chasteen, What's
Behind the Creaky Door?
Elizabeth Moats, Say /o/
Abby Williams, Mmmmm…Yummy
in My Tummy!
Sarah Barton, It's Time
to Open Wide for O
Stacy Lide, Aaaaa! The
Letter A!
Elizabeth Bush, Wiggle Worms
Kelly Roberts, Ehhhh?
Amanda Lyle, Catch the
Sneezing /a/
Jamie Self, B-b-bouncing
Ball
Leslie Myer, Aaaa . . .
Was That a Baby?
Natalie Dekle, Silly
Snakes
Lauren Elliott, D-d-do
You Hear Dan's Drum?
Lessons
for teaching print concepts, segmentation, or blending
Rachel Owens, Guess the
Secret Code
I.
Beginning Reading
Lessons for
teaching
decoding with short vowels
Kristen Britton, Ellen's
Elephants
Courtney Smith, Open Wide
Ollie
Laura Slocum, Ahhhhhh!
Stop the Crying Baby
Lauren Rockwell, /e/. .
. It
Must Be Old
Kari Beth Freeman, The
Doctor Is In!
Tammy Feely, Walk Down
the Yellow Brick Road with Mr. Tiiiiiiin Man
Ridey Foster, Open Up
and Say Ahh
Allison Brock, O-o-o I'm
Tired!
Seth Clark, Let's All
Be Buds
Mary Kay Williams, AAA!
The Baby is Crying! AAA!
Micah Moore, Uhh! Says
the Tug
Jayme Ebaugh, Creaky
Door E
Erin Gray, Bad Bats
Lindsay Williams, Don't
Lick That Sticky Stuff!
Wendy Robinson, Eh,
Edna, What Did You Say?
Megan Lowery, Fred's
Red Elephants
Jessica Parker, Fuzz Gets
an Unpleasant Buzz!
Emily Cate Stewart, Hush,
Cry Baby A
Molly McCormick, Icky
Sticky Fingers
Elizabeth Moats, Ollie the
Otter
Abby Williams, Icky
Stinky Fingers!
Stacy Lide, The Iddy
Biddy i
Elizabeth Bush, E-e-e-e-eh...What
Did You Say?
Sarah Autrey, Aaaaaaaa…..the
Baby and the Cat Said
Kelly Roberts, The
Doctor's In...Say "AAAHHH!"
Leslie Myer, Edward's
Elephants
Emily Cate Stewart, Hush Crybaby A
Lessons
for teaching decoding with
long vowels and other vowels
Lauren
Hendricks, The
Loud Trout Shouts!
Laura Beth Anderson, "BOO!"
Says the Ghost
Rachel Bier, Hi, My Name is A
Jennifer Lilly, James
Makes Cake
Casey Morrow, Blake's
Brave Race
Mary Cox Brown, A Race on
the Lake
Christina Smith, To
Make a Cake You Must Say /A/
Matthew Darby, A Day, A
Day!
Leslie Chasteen, A Likes the Rain
Amanda Palmer, A Fleet
of Sheep
Sarah Barton, Oooohh My!
Amanda Lyle, Say Cheese
Lessons
for teaching decoding with
consonant digraphs and other chunks
Landon McKean, Shhh Here
and There
Margaret Pettey, Chester
Like to Chomp on Cheese
Jenna Ward, Shoo-Fly!
Emily Barberini, Something's
Fishhhy
Anne Joseph, Chomp
Chomp Chocolate
Katie Edema, Ssshhelly
the Ssshhark Goes Ssshhopping
Lindsay Graves, Shhhhhh,
the Baby is Sleeping!
Allison Cox, Shhhh!
Natalie Dekle, Shhhiny
Shhhoes!
Lauren Elliott, Choo-Choo!
I Think I Can!
Lessons
for teaching spelling
Rachel
Owens, Spelling
Words
III.
Growing Independence & Fluency
Lessons
for teaching faster reading
Lindsay Graves,
Fly
Away
Into Reading
Lauren Rockwell, Zoom
Zoom Zoom
Mary Cox Brown, Speeding
Into Fluency
Stacy Lide, Speedy
Reading!
Lindsay Williams, Let's
Race to the Top!
Emily Barberini, Jack
and the Beanstalk
Rachel Bier, Race to the
Finish
Kari Beth Freeman, A Day at
the Poetry Theatre!
Courtney Smith, Farm Race
Lindsay Graves, Fly Away
Into Reading
Jennifer Lilly, Speed
Reader
Seth Clark, Read and
Reread
Mary Kay Williams, Going,
Going, Gone!
Sarah Autrey, We are
NUTS About Fluency!
Micah Moore, Ready,
Set, Go!
Laura Slocum, Speedy
Readers
Jayme Ebaugh, Flying to
Fluency
Katie Edema, Yee-haw!
Saddle Up Your Books and Let's Ride!
Landon McKean, Go, Read.
Go!
Wendy Robinson, Ready?
Let's Read!
Christina Smith, Speed
Team
Jessica Parker, Read and
Stop! See How Fast You Go!
Casey Morrow, 5-4-3-2-1
Blast Off to Reading!
Emily Cate Stewart, Walk the
Talk
Molly McCormick, Fluency
in the Big Top
Matthew Darby, Let's Read
With Speed
Leslie Chasteen, Reading
Racecar
Elizabeth Moats, Ready,
Set, Read!
Amanda Palmer, Speed Up!
Abby Williams, Let's
Read For Speed!
Elizabeth Bush, Racing
Through Books!
Kristen Britton, Ready,
Set...Read!
Amanda Lyle, Fast...Feed
Red
Allison Cox, Read With
Speed!
Jamie Self, Reading Race
Leslie Myer, Fall Into
Fluency
Natalie Dekle, Racing
Readers
Lauren Elliott, That's a
Record!
Lessons
for teaching smoother,
better phrased, or more expressive
reading
Anne
Joseph, I
Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for Reading!
Rachel Owens, Exciting
Expressions
Tammy Feely, Just
Imagine Where You Will Go
Jenna Ward, Express
Yourself!
Ridey Foster, Say It
Like You Mean It!
Allison Brock, How Do You
Feel?
Laura Beth Anderson, Touchdown!
Reading
Erin Gray, Express
Yourself
Margaret Pettey, Make Your
Stories Come Alive with Expression!
Megan Lowery, Excited
About Expression!
Sarah Barton, Help!
Hilary! Help!
Kelly Roberts, Smooth
Operator!
Lessons
for teaching children to
read silently or voluntarily and avidly
Lauren
Hendriks, Shh!
We're Reading!
IV.
Reading to Learn
Lessons
for teaching summarization
Ridey
Foster, Sensational
Summarization!
Jennifer Lilly, State the
Facts
Allison Brock, Super
Summarizers
Christina Smith, Face
to Face Summary!
Jenna Ward, Chunks,
Chunks, and MORE Chunks!
Laura Beth Anderson, What
was THAT all About?
Seth Clark, Remember
What We Read
Mary Kay Williams, Summing
It All Up!
Sarah Autrey, Let's Get
the Facts!
Micah Moore, It's
Raining Meatballs
Jayme Ebaugh, Summarizing
With Frindle
Courtney Smith, Summarizing
Puts the Pieces Together
Lindsay Williams, All in
a Nutshell
Emily Barberini, Climbing
the Steps
Kristen Britton, Plug It
All In
Anne Joseph, Let's Get
Ready to Summarize
Lindsay Graves, I'm
Thankful I Can Summarize!
Wendy Robinson, Break
It Down!
Jessica Parker, A Few
Steps, Sum it UP!
Emily Cate Stewart, Summarizing
What Counts
Leslie Chasteen, Summing
Up the Facts
Elizabeth Moats, Summing It
Up!
Amanda Palmer, Sum-thing
Important!
Abby Williams, Let's
Sum It All Up!
Sarah Barton, Summarizing
Success
Stacy Lide, Let's
Summarize!
Lauren Rockwell, SumBody
Special
Kelly Roberts, Summin'
It All Up!
Amanda Lyle, Simply
Summarized
Allison Cox, Mapping Out
a Summary
Jamie Self, Let's Sum
It Up
Leslie Myer, Let's Get
to the Bottom of It!
Mary Cox Brown, Sum It UP
Natalie Dekle, Sum It Up!
Lauren Elliott, Grrrreat
Reading!
Lessons
for teaching visualization
Rachel
Bier, I
Can See It Now!
Tammy Feely, 1.2.3.
Click! I See it!
Kari Beth Freeman, Close
Your Eyes, It's Time to Read!
Laura Slocum, What
Do You See?
Erin Gray, Visualizing
Sarah
Landon McKean, Visions
of Pigs
Margaret Pettey, Sketch
Your Imagination!
Megan Lowery, Mental
Pictures!
Casey Morrow, Can You
See It?
Molly McCormick, Flying
High in Our Imaginations
Matthew Darby, What Do
You See?
Elizabeth Bush, See It When
You Read It!
Lessons
for teaching children about
story grammar
Lauren
Hendriks, Reading
to Remember!
Katie Edema, The Juicy
Stuff Matters
Lessons
for teaching children to ask or answer questions
Rachel Owens, Before and
After Thoughts
