Catalysts
Research-Based
Lessons From Preservice Teachers
Auburn University
Summer 2006
I.
Emergent Literacy
Lessons for
teaching
letter recognition
Melanie
Alvarez, Hooty
Hoo
Coleman Ellis, Nothing
but Nests
Jenna Goodwin, Boastfully
Bouncing Precious Pigs
Lessons for
teaching phoneme awareness
Katherine Allsopp,
Got the
Giggles?
Brittany Bailey,
Iiiihhh
. . . That's Icky Sticky
Erin Cooper,
Timmy
the Turtle Goes Tick Tock
Amber DeBlanc,
Cranking
Cooky Cars
Rachel Edmundson,
Ohhhh
Me, Ohhhhh My
Reagan Ellenburg,
Mama,
Do You Love Me?
Mallory Hall,
Silly Sally
Chase Holden,
My Tooth
Is Loose
Sara K. Smelley,
Henry
Hhhhhowls
Wade Thaxton,
Adam's
Fat Bat
Abby Watts,
G-G-G-Gulp!
Clarissa Williams,
Shirley
Loves to Shake Her Shakers
Elizabeth Zorn,
Aaaaa Choo!
Lessons for
teaching concepts
about print
II.
Beginning Reading
Lessons for
teaching
decoding with short vowels
Lessons
for teaching decoding with
long vowels and other vowels
Lessons
for teaching decoding with
consonant digraphs and other chunks
Lessons
for teaching spelling
III.
Growing Independence and Fluency
Lessons
for teaching faster reading
Lessons
for teaching smoother,
better phrased, or more expressive
reading
Lessons
for teaching children to
read silently or voluntarily and avidly