Foreword: Literacy and Project Work
Judy Harris Helm

Section 1: Literacy and Project Work

• The Dispositions to Write and Read
  Lilian G. Katz
• Strategies to Incorporate Literacy in Project Work in the Pre-Kindergarten Classroom
  Sallee Beneke
• Strategies to Incorporate Literacy into Kindergarten Project Work
  Mary Ann Gottlieb
• Strategies to Incorporate Literacy in Project Work in Primary Grades
  Dot Schuler
• Strategies to Support Literacy Development in Second-Language Learners through Project Work
  Rebecca A. Wilson
• Look! See How They Are Learning
  Judy Harris Helm

Section 2: Project Implementation

• The Project Approach in Action
  Sylvia C. Chard
• Why Does the Snow Get Dirty? My First Experience with the Project Approach
  Thomas Myler
• Deepening Project Investigations
  Nancy B. Hertzog & Marjorie M. Klein
• Meeting Individual Educational Plans Using the Project Approach
  Stacie DeVries

Section 3: Project Summaries

• The Veterinarian Project
  Teacher: Susan Andrews
• Exploring Butterflies
  Teacher: Scott Brouette
• The Egg Project
  Teacher: Debbie De Anda
• The Stringed Instrument Project
  Teachers: Stacie DeVries & Karen Blend
• Dinosaur Models
  Teachers: Nancy Donahue & Joan Kerman
• The Bird Project
  Teacher: Candy Ganzel
• Our Snake Project
  Teachers: Ruth Harkema & Deb Lanenga
• The Clothing Project: Where Do We Get Our Clothes From?
  Teachers: Marsha Gwen Harmon & Julie Schutte
• Who Measures What in Our Neighborhood?
  Teachers: Nancy Hertzog & Marjorie Klein
• Fashions, Beauty, and Barber Shop
  Teachers: Sherice Hetrick-Ortman & Shirley Bruce
• The Truck Project
  Teacher: Jean Lang
• What Happens at McDonald's?
  Teachers: Pam Morbitzer, Lisa Lee, & Barb Gallick
• The Worm Project
  Teacher: Nancy Plate
• Second-Graders Study Their Community
  Teacher: Dot Schuler
• The Construction Project
  Teachers: Pam Scranton, Lora Taylor, & Terra Shelton
• The Clubhouse
  Teachers: Nicole Smith & Elizabeth Raymond
• Memorials and Sculptures
  Teachers: Jean O'Mara-Thieman, Heather Goocher, & Kendrya' Johnson
• The Salt Truck Project
  Teachers: Rebecca A. Wilson, Sylvia Frausto, & Jan Buysse
• The Greenhouse Project
  Teachers: Marilyn Worsley, Kathie Zecca, & Mary Ann Vollmer

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