Lesson Designs from Preservice Teachers
Auburn University
Summer 2003
I. Emergent Literacy
Lessons for teaching letter recognition
Angela Atkins, Let's
Go to the Farm
Whitney Adams, Duh!
It's D!
Caroline Jordan, Dee
(and Bee) and the Coconut Tree
Aretha Holloway, Gorilla
Girl Grows Green with the Letter G
Randi Lipscomb, Zooming
Through to Z
Lessons for teaching phoneme awareness
Shelley Bennett, Mmmm,
Good!
April Grimmett, Icky
Sticky Mess
Jana Bice, The
Icky Sticky Kitten
Jessica Pieplow, Iggy
Is Stuck in the Icky Sticky Pit
Lindsee Hansard, The
Cat in the Hat
Megan Murphy, Happy
Reading Rats
Jennifer Wood, The
Crying Baby Says Waa! Waa!
Christi Keith, BBBBBBBBBubbles
Jordan Orso, Pop
Goes the Popcorn
Laurie Neighbors, A
Crying Baby
Joanna Hall, Icky
Sticky /i/
Rachael Williams, Aaay,
Matey
Amy Graffam, Sammy
the Snake
Kasi Lankford, Popping
Popcorn
Ginger Outlaw, Uuuuuuh!
I Don't Know!
Kate McNamara, Cat
in the Hat
Jan Patterson, A
Whale of a Tale
Amberlyn Francis, Pick-a-Phonic
Picture Books
Candy Duvall, "Ehhhh"
I Can't Hear You
Tamara Hill, Hoppin'
Pop
Emily Barnes, Have
You Ever Been Home Alone--aaaa!
Paige Parker, Baby
Pig
Hannah Williams, "Say
Aaaaah," Says the Doctor
Kathryn Boyd, Choir
Singer Says . . . /o/
Brittany Estes, Sshhh,
Be Quiet, We're Trying to Read!
Bethany Bice, The
Slimy, Scaly, Slithering Snake
Caroline Cox, Crying
Baby
Samantha McCullars, Liz,
Igloos, and Indians
Alison Ward, Drum
Roll, Please!
Lessons for teaching print concepts
II. Beginning Reading
Lessons for teaching decoding with
short vowels
Shelley Bennett, Open
Wide
April Grimmett. Ahhhh!
Whitney Adams, Hop
Scotch
Jennifer Wood, E-e-e-e,
Shut That Creaky Door
Jordan Orso, Scary
A-a-a-a!
Laurie Neighbors, The
Red Head
Joanna Hall, Ellen
the Elephant
Rachael Williams, Rub
a Dub Dub
Amy Graffam, Rub
a Dub Ducky
Kasi Lankford, Big
Pig
Kate McNamara, Rubber
Ducky
Candy Duvall, "IIIIH"
It Is a Bug!
Randi Lipscomb, Taking
a Cruise to u = /u/
Paige Parker, Aaa-aaa-aaa-choo!
Hannah Williams, Ozzy,
Ozzy Octopus!
Brittany Estes, Open
Your Mouth and Say AH!
Samantha McCullars, Excellent
Red
Alison Ward, Hush
That Crying Baby!
Lessons for teaching decoding with
long vowels and vowel digraphs
Angela Atkins, Lee's
Team Goes to the Beach
Jessica Pieplow, Load
the Boat to Travel the Moat
Megan Murphy, The
Sneaky Reading Team
Christi Keith, Rain,
Rain, Go Away
Caroline Jordan, Seals
Eat What?
Ginger Outlaw, Ohhhhhhh!
I Get It!
Jan Patterson, Sheepish
Ee
Emily Barnes, A?
I Can't Hear You
Lessons for teaching decoding with
consonant digraphs and other chunks
Jana Bice, The
Crash Shook the Ship
Lindsee Hansard, Red
Fish-Blue Fish Make a Wish
Aretha Holloway, Shhhhh!
. . . She Shouted!
Amberlyn Francis, Hush
Lil' Baby
Tamara Hill, Chewy
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Kathryn Boyd, Chattanooga
Choo Choo Train
Bethany Bice, The
Fish Says SSHHH!
Caroline Cox, Shhhhhhhh--Not
a Peep
Lessons for teaching blending
III. Growing Independence & Fluency
Lessons for teaching faster reading
Shelley Bennett, Speed
Read
Angela Atkins, How
Fast Can You Go?
Jessica Pieplow, Speedy
Reading
Lindsee Hansard, Bookmark
Checkmark
Whitney Adams, Speedy
Reader
Jordan Orso, On
Your Mark, Get Set, Read!
Rachael Williams, Faster,
Faster, Faster!
Kasi Lankford, Practice
Makes Perfect
Kate McNamara, Speedy
Readers
Aretha Holloway, A
Speeding Rocket, a Shooting Star . . . It's a Racing Reader!
Alison Ward, Pathway
to Fluent Reading!
Lessons for teaching smoother, better
phrased, or more expressive reading
April Grimmett, Acting
Lessons
Jana Bice, Reread
for Success
Jennifer Wood, A
Monkey Reads With Expression. What About You?
Christi Keith, Express
Yourself
Joanna Hall, Read,
Read, Read!
Caroline Jordan, Fluency
With Lon Po Po
Amy Graffam, Welcome
to the Reading Cloud
Ginger Outlaw, Don't
Be Grouchy!
Jan Patterson, Tell
Me About Your Day
Amberlyn Francis, CCCaps
for Sale
Tamara Hill, Calling
All Actors and Actresses!
Emily Barnes, How
Do You Feel?
Paige Parker, Get
Attention! Express Yourself When Reading
Hannah Williams, Expression
Makes Reading Exciting!
Kathryn Boyd, Thundering
Thespians
Brittany Estes, Don't
Be Shy, Express Yourself!
Samantha McCullars, Smooth
Flying and Grabbing Minds
Lessons for teaching silent reading
Megan Murphy, Shhhhh,
I Am Trying to Read!
Laurie Neighbors, Stop,
Shush, and Read
Candi Duvall, Sh-Sh-Shush
When We Read!
Randi Lipscomb, Quiet
as a Mouse
Bethany Bice, Shh!
It's Reading Time!
Caroline Cox, Not
a Peep!
Lessons for teaching children to
read voluntarily and avidly