Word Recognition Mini Lesson

I found it difficult to come up with a mini lesson plan for teaching word recognition simply because there are so many creative ways!  I used the story "Is your Mama a Llama" because I thought the animals were so cute!  I also think that using big books as teaching aids are essential for teaching word recognition, because it allows the students to clearly see the text as they read along, and the illustration is much more attractive on the scale of the big book.  I believe that I would use this lesson in the future and I really hope that it is effective!