Lesson Designs from Preservice Teachers at Auburn University
Spring 2003
I. Emergent Literacy
Lessons for teaching letter
recognition
Jan-Marie Trageser,
Buh,
Buh, Buh B!
Leann Patterson, Ribbit,
Ribbit
Kendall Goodwin, That
Tricky Letter T
Lessons for teaching phoneme
awareness
Shay Mink, OOOhhh,
My Toe!
Melinda McDonald,Do
You Hear That Crying Baby?
Lyndsay York, Harry,
the Hungry, Hungry Hippo
Alyssa Williams, The
Icky in Sticky
Darby Wallingsford,
Ehhh?
I Can't Hear You!
Leslie O'Neal, Hop
on Pop - Short o
Misty Willoughby,
The
Creaky Door Says /e/
Beth Tyler, Smiling
Snake
Christi Stewart, Aaaaachew!
Kara Oglesby, Growing
Tiger . . . Rrrrr
Julie Miller, Billy's
Blue Ball
Lindsey Waits, Charlie
Chose Cheese
Yolanda Routh, Cracking
Sticks
Lessons for teaching print
concepts
II. Beginning Reading
Lessons for teaching decoding
with short vowels
Shay Mink, Aaaa!
Being Happy!
Lindsey Waits, The
Big Pig
Darby Wallingsford,
Rub
a Dub in the Tub
Leann Patterson, Lucky
Ducky
Leslie O'Neal, Beginning
Reading - Short e
Beth Tyler, "Baaaaa,"
Said the Sheep
Christi Stewart, Eddie
the Egg
Kara Oglesby, Olly
Olly Oxenfree
Lessons for teaching decoding
with long vowels and vowel digraphs
Melinda McDonald,
Beat
the Heat
Lyndsay York, Meet
Lee, the Sleepy Bee
Alyssa Williams, Beat
the Heat
Yolanda Routh, Old
Lady Says /A-A-A/?
Lessons for teaching decoding
with consonant digraphs and other chunks
Misty Willoughby,
The
Choo Choo Train
Julie Miller, Chug-a-Chug-a
Choo Choo
Lessons for teaching blending
Jan-Marie Trageser,
A
Tisket-A-Tasket, Let’s Make a Flower Basket!
Kendall Goodwin, Method
for Teaching the Blending of Sounds
III. Growing Independence
& Fluency
Lessons for teaching faster
reading
Lindsey Waits, Get
Lucky!
Alyssa Williams, We
Gotta Book It!
Darby Wallingsford,
Speedy,
Speedy Students Reading Fast
Leslie O'Neal, Practicing
Smarter, Not Harder, Is Best!
Beth Tyler, Ready,
Set, Read!
Christi Stewart, Ready,
Set, Read!
Kara Oglesby, Ribbit,
Ribbit: Leap Into Speedy Reading
Lessons for teaching smoother,
better phrased, or more expressive reading
Shay Mink, The
Tell Tale Students
Melinda McDonald,
Expression
Is the Key
Lyndsay York, Hop
on the Express Train to Read Expressively
Jan-Marie Trageser,
Say
It With FEELING!
Leann Patterson, "Doggone
Good" at Expression
Misty Willoughby,
Boom
With Expression!
Julie Miller, Expressive
Eloquent Experts
Lessons for teaching silent
reading
Kendall Goodwin, SHHH!
It Is Time for Silent Reading
Yolanda Routh, Sh-Sh-Sh-Sh-SHHHHHH
Reading
Lessons for teaching children
to read voluntarily and avidly
IV. Reading to Learn
Lessons for teaching summarization
Shay Mink, What's
Important to You?
Lyndsay York, Summing
It All Up
Alyssa Williams, Sum
Stuff
Darby Wallingsford,
Summarization
Made Easy
Jan-Marie Trageser,
Can
Anyone Draw Me a Map?
Leann Patterson, Summing
Up "Penguins on Parade"
Kendall Goodwin, Lesson
for Teaching Summarization
Misty Willoughby,Summing
It All Up in a Nutshell
Kara Oglesby, Fun
With Summarizing
Lindsey Waits, Read
and Get Smart
Yolanda Routh, Let's
Sum It Up
Lessons for teaching visualization
Melinda McDonald,
What
Do You See?
Christi Stewart, Seeing
the Picture
Julie Miller, Paint
a Picture
Lessons for teaching children
about story grammar
Leslie O'Neal, Show
Me That You Understood What You Just Read!
Lessons for teaching children
to ask or answer questions
Beth Tyler, Hmmm?
Who, What, Where, When, and Why