Bruce Murray, College of Education
The Reading Genie
Research-Based Lessons Designed by Preservice Teachers
Auburn University
Spring 2019
Lessons for teaching phoneme awareness and letter recognition
Caroline Kaiser, Danny and Debbie the Dinosaurs Danced to Drums!
Autumn McCarley, Huffing H
Hannah Lee, Spray Like a Skunk with S
John David Phillips, Clowns Climbing with C
Olivia Bolton, Slithering Snake S
Miranda Chambliss, Jumping Rope with J
Savannah Newton, Bounce the Basketball with B
Allison King, T the Ticky Timer
Taylor Hoff, Tick Tock Time with T
Ulices Mena, S Slithers by the Sneaky Snake
Hannah Hardin, Cade Clicks his Camera to Capture his Cat Cassie
Claire Payne, Popping Perfect Popcorn!
Charleigh Bailey, Brush Your Teeth with F
Nicole Holmes, Lady the Lion Learns L
Sophie Zavaleta, Dancing & Bouncing with Bunnies
Lauren Sistrunk, Mama Monkey Says Mmmm with M
Michaela Clemons, Bounce Your Ball With B
Elizabeth Hamn, Nuts About N
Kylee Kimbrough, Bounce the Ball with B
Mackenzie Bonk, Leo the Lion Licks with L
Lessons for teaching decoding with short vowels
Hannah Lee, Aaaaa, An Ant!
John David Phillips, Icky I Says /i/
Miranda Chambliss, AAAA! Rollercoaster A!
Savannah Newton, Icky Sticky I
Taylor Hoff, The Sleepy Angel Yawns
Caroline Kaiser, Running in the Rain Under an Umbrella
Hannah Hardin, The Cake Was Ehhhhh Because of the Extra Eggs
Claire Payne, Icky Sticky Slime
Nicole Holmes, Izzy the Silly, Sticky Iguana
Lauren Sistrunk, Ehhh? What Did You Say?
Michaela Clemons, The Crying Baby Says /a/
Olivia Bolton, Crying Baby says “Aaaaaaaa”
Lessons for teaching decoding with long vowels and other vowels
Autumn McCarley, Waving “Ay!” with a_e
Allison King, Aaaaayyyyyeeee!
Ulices Mena, “I”, Aye Captain
Charleigh Bailey, A, A, A. Don’t Take the Cookie!
Sophie Zavaleta, Aye My Eye
Kylee Kimbrough, A! A!
Mackenzie Bonk, Ay! The Ape Ate My Banana
Lessons for teaching decoding with consonant digraphs and other chunks
Elizabeth Hamn, Harry the Hound Dog
Lessons for teaching faster reading with comprehension
Hannah Lee, Nothing Fishy About Fluency!
John David Phillips, Feeding into Fluency
Miranda Chambliss, Making Friends with Fluency
Autumn McCarley, The Rainbow Fish Reads Fluently
Allison King, Scrubbing Up Fluency Skills
Savannah Newton, Fluency with Friends
Taylor Hoff, Reading is not unBEARable
Ulices Mena, Patrolling for Fluency
Caroline Kaiser, Flipping into Fluency
Hannah Hardin, Dancing with Fluency
Claire Payne, Fishing for Fluency!
Charleigh Bailey, Finding Fluency
Nicole Holmes, Racing for Reading Genies
Sophie Zavaleta, Growing in Fluency
Lauren Sistrunk, Cheering for Fluency
Michaela Clemons, If You Teach a Mouse Fluency
Elizabeth Hamn, Fairy Tales and Fluency for Me and for You
Kylee Kimbrough, Fishing for Fluency
Mackenzie Bonk, Olivia Finds Fluency
Olivia Bolton, If You Give a Moose Fluency
Lessons for teaching smoother, better phrased, or more expressive reading
Lessons for teaching children to read silently or voluntarily and avidly
Lessons for teaching summarization
John David Phillips, The Panda Can Summarize
Caroline Kaiser, Summarization with Polar Bears
Hannah Hardin, Summarizing with Silky the Snake
Ulices Mena, Summarizing with Red Pandas
Claire Payne, Swimming into Summarization
Allison King, Summarization Skills Like No Otter
Charleigh Bailey, Leap into Summarization
Nicole Holmes, Swimming into Summarization
Sophie Zavaleta, Swimming into Summarization
Hannah Lee, Surprise! Let’s Summarize!
Lauren Sistrunk, Cool Cat Summarizing
Taylor Hoff, Swimming into Summarization with Sea Turtles
Michaela Clemons, Swinging into Summarization
Kylee Kimbrough, Saving with Summarization
Elizabeth Hamn, Coloring the Way to Summarization
Mackenzie Bonk, Summarizing With Seals
Olivia Bolton, Leap Into Summarization
Savannah Newton, Splashing into Summarization
Lessons for teaching visualization
Autumn McCarley, Vivid Visualization
Lessons for teaching children to ask or answer questions
Miranda Chambliss, Questioning the Wild
Last modified: May 12, 2021