Applications

Research-Based Lessons Designed by Preservice Teachers

Auburn University

Spring 2018

I. Emergent Literacy

Lessons for teaching phoneme awareness and letter recognition

Madeline Griffith, Yell Yay with Y

Caroline Colley, Vacuum with Virginia

Bailey Black, Popping with P!

Morgan Anderson, Say Yum with m

Abby Watson, He Has the H-H-H-Hiccups!

Samuel V. Walker, Buzzing Like a Bee With the Letter Z!

Kristen Watkins, Bunny Hopping with B

Sadie Shell, Girls Giggle With G

Amy Maynard, Zane Zips with Letter Z

Dawson Williams, Bouncing the Ball with Bailey in the Bahamas

Cassie Jones, Buzzy the Bee Bunts the Ball

Anna Cagle, P-p-popping Popcorn with P

Laura Catrett Tamblyn, Vacuum with V

Emmy Wilson, Mowing the Lawn with M

Parker VanDurand, Growl With R

Neala Casey, Deep Breaths with H

Emily Johnston, Zigzag the Zebra

Destiny Knight, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Yummy in My Tummy

Hannah Locklear, P is for Piper the Pig

Aaron Bush, Growling with the Letter R

Karen Harris, Jan Jones Eats Jumbo Jelly Beans with Jam

Brandy Price, Henry the Panting Hound

Hannah Sykes, Touch the Roof of Your Mouth with T

Jesslyn Cochran, Popping Popcorn with the Letter P

Katie Ryan, Fishing for Fun with F

Shelby Birdsong, The Smart Starfish

Morgan Ball, Randy Rabbit’s Rock

Jordana Kaltner, Boom Boom Goes the Big Bear!

Madeline Northrop, Happy Hippos Can Help Us Learn H

Gracie Mahoney, Thomas Lost his First Tooth

Lauren Bryant, Ding Dong! D is at the Door!

Kate Dease, Blowing Bubbles with B

Sara Mann, A Zoo Full of Z’s

Caroline Horton, Balls b-b-b- bouncing

Paige DeShazo, Pancakes with Piper the Pig

Alana Aplin, Making Milkshakes with Maddie

Tiffany Taylor, Crunchin’ On Some Cookies with Miss Taylor

Katie Sullivan, Pink Packs Up The Path

Tay Tay Stroud, Blowfish Blowing Bubbles with B

Sydney Beatty, Slide Down With S

Lydia Hunt, Peter Pops Corn

Mary Baker Jones, Caterpillars crawling around the letter C

Sierra Hopkins, Princesses Popping Popcorn

Baley Justice, Several Sassy Snakes

Sarah Lundey, Quacking with Q

Jessica Bilek, Sly Snake Slithers

Katie Sullivan, Pink Packs Up the Path

Hannah Wiggins, Zipping with Z

Taylor Striblin, Yummy In My Tummy!

Tasha Lavish, S-S-Slither goes the Silly Snake

Hannah Lingerfelt, Mmm that tastes Yummy!

Abigail Daniels, Sliding Snail Slithers down the Slide

Baylee Gibbs, Brrrr, Said The Big Polar Bear

Kara Brinkman, Wishy Washy W

Brooke Littleton, Zebras of the Zoo

II. Beginning Reading

Lessons for teaching decoding with short vowels

Bailey Black, Icky Sticky Gum!

Dawson Williams, Uh, I Dunno!

Laura Catrett Tamblyn, Yawn Like an Angel and Say /o/

Sadie Shell, The Yawning O

Cassie Jones, I Is Icky Sticky!

Abby Watson, A Long, Long Yawn

Morgan Anderson, Aaaa, an Alligator!

Hannah Locklear, Snug as a Bug in a Rug

Samuel Walker, Don’t Be Scared…Yell “aaaa!”

Karen Harris, Icky Piggy

Hannah Sykes, The Ugly Duck says Uhhh!

Lessons for teaching decoding with long vowels and other vowels

Madeline Griffith, We AR Pirates!

Amy Maynard, Rose Rode the Slope Alone!

Anna Cagle, The Pirate says ‘A’ Matey

Caroline Colley, /I/, /I/ Captain!

Parker VanDurand, Yay! I Made Long A!

Emily Johnston, I, I, I Can’t Believe I…

Destiny Knight, Everybody Say “AYY” We’re Gonna’ Learn Today

Aaron Bush, Drake Ate the Cake

Neala Casey, Hey You!

Emmy Wilson, I… I… I … I Can’t Believe It

Brandy Price, A Loves To Bake

Jesslyn Cochran, Abe the Ape Ate All the Cake

Lessons for teaching blending, crosschecking, spelling, or wordmapping

Kristen Watkins, Uncovering Spelling

Additional beginning reading lessons

Katie Ryan, The Pink Igloo

Shelby Birdsong, Let’s Make a Pie with P

Morgan Ball, Open Wide

Jordana Kaltner, Wait- Wet Paint!

Madeline Northrop, Let’s Taco Bout the Letter O

Elle Turner, Finn Likes to Fish

Gracie Mahoney, “Say AHHH” says the doctor

Lauren Bryant, EW! Taste this Stew!

Kate Dease, Icky Sticky Big Popsicle

Sara Mann, The Goal is O

Caroline Horton, Pipers Icky Sticky Drippy Glue

Paige DeShazo, Ick!! Icky, Sticky!!!

Alana Aplin, Icky, Sticky, Popsicles!

Tiffany Taylor, Everybody Loves Cake!

Katie Sullivan, Act Takes the Cake

Tay Tay Stroud, Icky Sticky Sticky Short i

Sydney Beatty, Sage in Space

Lydia Hunt, Kites and Bikes

Mary Baker Jones, Dave Baked a Cake

Sierra Hopkins, Icky Sticky Mickey

Baley Justice, Pigs Dip into the Mud!

Sarah Lundey, Moo with Cooper the Cow

Jessica Bilek, Weee!! This Rollercoaster is Fun!

Katie Sullivan, Act Takes the Cake

Hannah Wiggins, Pinky’s Up for Long I

Taylor Striblin, I Came From Space!

Tasha Lavish, AYE Let’s go ice skate!

Hannah Lingerfelt, Raise both hands and say “aye!”

Abigail Daniels, Look at those balloons!

Baylee Gibbs, Ruuuff Ruuuff Goes the Happy Dog

Kara Brinkman, Say Cheese Please!

Brooke Littleton, Ay! I love pizza too!

III. Growing Independence and Fluency

Lessons for teaching faster reading with comprehension

Madeline Griffith, The Fast and the Furious Readers

Anna Cagle, Running to Fluency

Caroline Colley, Up, Up and Away With Fluency

Dawson Williams, Fishing for Fluency

Amy Maynard, Go Wild For Reading!

Aaron Bush, The Boss of Fluency

Cassie Jones, Kicking it with Fluency!

Sadie Shell, Talkin’ Tacos and Fluency

Emily Johnston, Learning Fluency from Napoleon’s Pet Crocodile

Abby Watson, Splashing into Fluency

Morgan Anderson, Fluency Fun with the Cat in the Hat

Kristen Watkins, Dribbling Into Fluency

Bailey Black, If You Teach a Mouse to be a Fluent Reader…

Hannah Locklear, Swimming into Fluency

Neala Casey, Piggin’ Out About Fluent Reading

Samuel Walker, Ready…Steady…Read!

Emmy Wilson, Sharing the Love of Fluency

Parker Van Durand. Glowing With Summarization

Karen Harris, Where the Wild READINGS Are!
Brandy Price, Giving Fluency

Hannah Sykes, We Have Bear-y Good Fluency

Jesslyn Cochran, Dancing into Fluency

Lessons for teaching smoother, better phrased, or more expressive reading

Destiny Knight, Flowing with Fluency

Lessons for teaching children to read silently or voluntarily and avidly

Laura Catrett Tamblyn, Read Like a Mouse

Parker VanDurand, Moving Like A Mouse When Reading

Additional fluency lessons

Katie Ryan, Flying into Fluency

Shelby Birdsong, Cooking with Fluency!

Morgan Ball, The Shrunken Head

Jordana Kaltner, Running to Reading Fluency

Madeline Northrop, Best Fluency Buddy

Elle Turner, Surfing for Fluency

Gracie Mahoney, Hop into Fluency

Lauren Bryant, It’s a Fluency Party!

Kate Dease, Leaping into Spring

Sara Mann, Fluency on the Farm

Caroline Horton, Finding Fluency Through Mushy Gushy Valentines

Paige DeShazo, Swimming Into Fluency

Alana Aplin, Sliding into Fluency

Tiffany Taylor, Growing Towards Fluency

Katie Sullivan, Over the Moon with Fluency

Tay Tay Stroud, If you Teach A Mouse Fluency

Sydney Beatty, The Adventures of Fluency

Lydia Hunt, Dragons Love Fluency

Mary Baker Jones, The Day the Crayons Learned Fluency

Sierra Hopkins, Fun with Fluency

Baley Justice, Be a Captain in Fluency!

Sarah Lundey, Learning Fluency with Gerald and Piggie

Jessica Bilek, Running to Word Fluency

Katie Sullivan, Over the Moon with Fluency

Hannah Wiggins, Fresh Cut Fluency

Taylor Striblin, Hunny, I’m a Fluent Reader!

Tasha Lavish, New Friends Fluency Fun!

Hannah Lingerfelt, Pete the Cat searches for missing fluency and cupcakes!

Abigail Daniels, Sammy the Seal sailing to fluency

Baylee Gibbs, You’re Dino-Mite at Fluency, Growing Fluency

Kara Brinkman, If You Teach a Reader Fluency

Brooke Littleton, Making moves into Fluency with Mice

IV. Reading to Learn

Lessons for teaching summarization

Dawson Williams, Swimming into Summarization
Caroline Colley, Turtle-lly Awesome Summarization

Laura Catrett Tamblyn, Recycling for Summarization

Emily Johnston, Learning Summarization and Inclusion at the Same Time!

Anna Cagle, What Time is It? Time to Summarize

Sadie Shell, Summarization is Bear-y Cool

Destiny Knight, Main Idea, What’s the Point?

Abby Watson, Swimming into Summarization 2

Morgan Anderson, Summarizing with Sea Turtles

Kristen Watkins, Swimming in Summarization 2

Bailey Black, How Whale Can You Read?

Hannah Locklear, Sea-ing Summarization

Aaron Bush, Chomping Through Summarization

Neala Casey, (En)Danger! Need Help with Summarization

Cassie Jones, Reaching High Towards Summarization

Samuel Walker, Flying High With Summarizing!

Emmy Wilson, Swimming the Sea with Summarization

Karen Harris, Going Bananas with Summarization

Brandy Price, Summer-i-zing Summarizations

Hannah Sykes, We’re Not Lion, We Can Summarize

Jesslyn Cochran, Buzzing and Splashing into Summarization

Lessons for teaching visualization

Madeline Griffith, Brain Movies: Visualizing What We Read
Amy Maynard, Bite into Visualization

Additional lessons for reading to learn

Katie Ryan, Spring into Summarization

Shelby Birdsong, Buzzing with Summarization

Morgan Ball, There are two Sides to Every Story

Jordana Kaltner, Sum It Up!

Madeline Northrop, When I Grow Up I Wanna Visualize

Elle Turner, Summarizing with Sally the Sea Turtle

Gracie Mahoney, Summarizing with Spots

Lauren Bryant, Summarization is Out of this World!

Kate Dease, Climbing into Summarization

Sara Mann, Vivid Vocabulary

Caroline Horton, Summarizing in the Sea

Taylor Striblin, Swimming with Summaries!

Alana Aplin, Summarization with Penguins

Tiffany Taylor, Searching for Summarization

Katie Sullivan, Swimming with Summarization

Tay Tay Stroud, Summarize Station

Sydney Beatty, Creeping & Crawling into Summarization

Lydia Hunt, Summarizing in Saturn

Mary Baker Jones, Swinging into Summarization

Sierra Hopkins, Summarizing with Sea Lions

Baley Justice, Foggy Summarization

Paige DeShazo, Leaping into Summarization

Sarah Lundey, Sailing into Summarization

Jessica Bilek, Summarizing Silly Sea Lions

Katie Sullivan, Swimming with Summarization

Hannah Wiggins, Flying Our Way to Reading Comprehension

Tasha Lavish, It’s Raining Summaries! Oh my!

Hannah Lingerfelt, Blue Whales: the biggest animal on earth!

Abigail Daniels, Summarizing with Sloths

Baylee Gibbs, Stepping Into Summarization

Kara Brinkman, High There, Summarization!

Brooke Littleton, Swinging into Summarization 2

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