GUIDELINES
Lesson Designs from Preservice Teachers
Auburn University
Spring 2004
I. Emergent Literacy
Lessons for teaching letter recognition
Laura Estill, Finding F
Courtney Hamby, Vacuuming
the V's
Alison Bradley, Tricky T
Susan Schaum, X
Marks the Spot
Meagan Spradlin, M
& M Mountain
Brice Jackson, Mountain
Climbing
Lessons for teaching
phoneme awareness
Emily Wheeler, Alabama
Alligators
Kelly McIntosh, Cry Baby
Margaret Beason, Aaa-Aaa-Aaa-Choo!
Kim Willis, Ehhh? Can
You Repeat That?
Leigh Morgan, Vacuum
That Rug!
Amanda Mahoney, Under
the Umbrella
Melissa Hensley, The Icky
Sticky Indian
Valerie Lunceford, Marvelous
Muffins
Gina Thomas, Mmmm Mmmm
Good!
Erin Carey, Sally the
Silly Snake
Becky Short, The Baby
Is Crying
Volandra Holloway, Fat
Freddy Frog
Tanya Ison, Guzzling
Good Grape Soda
Lacey Adams, Aaaaaaa!
Let's Ride the Roller Coaster
Jenni Anderson, Say Ah
. . . OK, Doc
Pam Riddle, Pop, Pop,
Popcorn
Maria Chambers, Evil
Eagles
Jackie Erd, My Mom's
Muffins! (Mmm Mmm Good!)
Lindsay Allen, Ah Ah Ah!
Don't Do That!
Lara Wiggins, Aaaaaa!
Open Wide, Says the Doctor!
Kristin Herren, Aaaaaaa!
You Scared Me!
Lindsey Mizzell, Abby
Alligator
Katherine McCartha, Dan Ran
and Ran
Margaret Ann Hinshaw, Baby Talk
Ashley Higginbotham, Quack
Attack
Leslie McGill, Sid the
Silly Slow Sloth
Skye Carver, Choo Choo
Charlie
Melissa Roddam, Ssslithering
Ssssnake
Lindsay Dick, Count
Dracula, Aw, Aw, Aw!
Rebecca Schofield, Uhhh,
I'm Thinking
Jeremy Knowles, Baaaaad
Baby!
Katie Kirkpatrick, Fishy
Fish
Stefanie Berryhill, The
Squiggly Snake Says Ssssss . . .
Jessica Evans, Yep! I'm
Ready to Learn!
Sally Wilkerson, Silly
Sally and Gross Gus
Lessons for teaching print concepts
Cheryl Hicks, So Many
Words!
II. Beginning Reading
Lessons for teaching
decoding with short vowels
Emily Wheeler, Uncle's
Umbrellas
Volandra Holloway, Dad's
Fat Hat
Melissa Hensley, Ahhh,
Says the Doc
Valerie Lunceford, Extra,
Extra, Read All About E!
Gina Thomas, Mr. Piggy
Erin Carey, Nick's
Sticky, Icky Fingers
Amanda Mahoney, Under
the Umbrella
Becky Short, Uh--I
Don't Know
Alison Bradley, Excellent
E!
Courtney Hamby, Suppressing
Short O
Lacey Adams, Aaaaaa!
Please Don't Cry, Baby!
Jenni Anderson, Icky
Fingers
Cheryl Hicks, E-e-e-e-veryday
for R-e-e-ed
Jackie Erd, When You
Want to Scream "Ugh," a Hug Makes You Feel Snug
Kristin Herren, E-e-e-e-e?
Can't Hear You, Sonny!
Skye Carver, Skinny
Minnie
Jeremy Knowles, Itchy
Richey
Jessica Evans, Aaaa-Aaaa-Apple!
Brice Jackson, Tricky
Nicky
Lessons
for teaching decoding with
long vowels
Leigh Morgan, EEEEE!
It's a Spider!
Katie Kirkpatrick, The
Squeaky Door
Laura Estill, Mike's
Kite
Tanya Ison, The Plain
Train Sat in the Rain
Maria Chambers, A
and I Are Team Players
Katherine McCartha, Made
You Mad
Lindsay Allen, Mysterious
E: Makes Space a Brave Place
Lara Wiggins, Peaches
in the Sea
Kim Willis, A,
What Did You Say?
Meagan Spradlin, Ayyyyy,
Fonzie
Margaret Ann Hinshaw, Jan or
Jane?
Lindsay Dick, A-Okay
Leslie McGill, Lee and
the Bee Flee to the Tree
Stefanie Berryhill, /OO/
That's Cool!
Lessons
for teaching decoding with
consonant digraphs and other chunks
Kelly McIntosh, Shhh,
Said the Fish
Margaret Beason, Sshhh!
Shouts the Librarian
Lindsey Mizzell, Charlie
Chicken
Pam Riddle, Shhh!
Said Miss Trish
Melissa Roddam, Ch, Ch,
Chocolate!
Rebecca Schofield, Shh,
Do Not Wake the Baby!
Sally Wilkerson, S and H Are a Team
Lessons
for teaching blending
Ashley Higginbotham, Balloon
Blending
Susan Schaum, Reading
Bugs
III.
Growing Independence & Fluency
Lessons
for teaching faster reading
Jeremy Knowles, Ready,
Set, Read!
Laura Estill, Sail Into
Reading Fluency
Melissa Hensley, Racing
Readers
Valerie Lunceford, Hop
Into Speedy Reading!
Gina Thomas, Quick as
a Mouse
Becky Short, Speedy
Reading
Volandra Holloway, On Your
Mark. Get Set. Read!
Tanya Ison, Let's Read
Alison Bradley, I'm
Bananas About Reading!
Lacey Adams, Up, Up,
and Away With Fluency!
Margaret Beason, Speedy
Gonzales on the Racetrack
Pam Riddle, On Your
Mark, Get Set, Read!
Maria Chambers, Ready,
Set, Read Expressively!
Jackie Erd, Take a Ride
on the Reading Railroad . . . Take the Fast Track
Lara Wiggins, It's Fun
to be Fluent!
Kim Willis, Ready,
Set, Read!
Kristin Herren, On Your
Mark, Get Set, Read!
Lindsey Mizzell, 1, 2, 3,
Go!
Meagan Spradlin, Reading
Faster With Wild Thing
Erin Carey, Reading
and Racing With Arthur
Ashley Higginbotham, Flying
High in the Reading Sky
Leslie McGill, Quick--Follow
That Bear!
Rebecca Schofield, It's a
Bird, It's a Plane, No--It's a Fluent Reader!
Brice Jackson, Make Way
for Readers!
Sally Wilkerson, Fun
With Fluency
Lessons
for teaching smoother,
better phrased, or more expressive
reading
Stefanie Berryhill, Put a
Stop to "Choppy and Stoppy" Reading
Katie Kirkpatrick, Express
Yourself
Kelly McIntosh, Happy
Birthday or Boring Birthday?
Leigh Morgan, To Be or
Not To Be: Reading With Expression
Katherine McCartha, Excited,
Sad, Happy, Mad
Jessica Evans, Go
Ahead--Say What You Feel!
Emily Wheeler, Exciting
Expressions
Amanda Mahoney, 3, 2, 1
. . . Action!
Courtney Hamby, Expression
in Action
Lindsay Allen, I Feel the
Need to Read!
Jenni Anderson, Happy,
Angry, Excited!
Skye Carver, Take Me
to Your Reader
Margaret Ann Hinshaw, What
Kind of Ladybug Are You?
Lindsay Dick, Lightning
Literacy
Melissa Roddam, Express
Yourself!
Lessons
for teaching children to
read silently or voluntarily and avidly
Susan Schaum, Now You
Hear Me, Now You Don't
Cheryl Hicks, Kitty
Protector
IV.
Reading to Learn
Lessons
for teaching summarization
Jenni Anderson, Summarization
Station
Emily Wheeler, To Sum
It All Up . . .
Kristin Herren, Get the
Skinny! Summarize a Story!
Kim Willis, Summing
It All Up . . . In Your Own Words
Cheryl Hicks, So What
Does All That Mean?
Margaret Beason, Summing
It Up Can Be Fun!
Laura Estill, Some
Simple Rules to Sum It Up!
Tanya Ison, Let's
Summarize
Alison Bradley, Sum It
Up!
Gina Thomas, Stormy
Summarizing
Jackie Erd, Super
Summarizers
Melissa Hensley, Summing
Our Way to the End
Erin Carey, Spinning
Up a Summary
Margaret Ann Hinshaw, Super!
You Can Summarize!
Lacey Adams, Marvelous
Summarizers!
Susan Schaum, Say
W-W-W-W-Wh-at?
Lindsay Dick, Sum It Up
Leslie McGill, Summarize
and Celebrate Earth Day!
Valerie Lunceford, Sensational
Summarizers
Skye Carver, Sum It
All Up
Lindsay Allen, What's the
Big Deal?
Courtney Hamby, Finding
the Good Stuff in What We Read
Katherine McCartha, Simply
Summarize
Becky Short, Slim and
Trim--Sum It Up!
Lara Wiggins, What Am
I Reading?
Brice Jackson, Summing
Up Winter!
Pam Riddle, In Your
Own Words
Jessica Evans, That Sums
It All Up!
Stefanie Berryhill, Summarizing
Is Fun With Flat Stanley!
Lessons
for teaching visualization
Leigh Morgan, Places,
Action! Making Mind Movies
Lindsey Mizzell, Shhh!
I'm Reading
Meagan Spradlin, Visualizing
Sarah, Just Plain and Tall
Volandra Holloway, Use
Your Imagination
Amanda Mahoney, Picture
This . . .
Kelly McIntosh, Adventures
of Visualization
Melissa Roddam, You Must
See It to Believe It!
Jeremy Knowles, Picture
It!
Rebecca Schofield, Take a
Picture With the Camera in Your Head!
Sally Wilkerson, Seeing
Is Believing
Lessons
for teaching children about
story grammar
Ashley Higginbotham, Ollie
the Owl Says: Who . . .
Lessons
for teaching children to ask or answer questions
Maria Chambers, Choosing
the Correct Questions
Katie Kirkpatrick, I
Can Answer That!
