When the teacher helped her students correct errors in capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, she was focusing upon:

Capable readers:

Punctuation marks signal grammatical boundaries and ________________.

Examine the following sentence: Turn off your cell phone when the meeting begins. It is an example of a(n) __________________.

To help students take responsibility for their learing, effective teachers distribute _____________.

When discussing the memorization of poems, the principal correctly suggested that teachers should __________.

  The novel Sarah, Plain and Tall, is told through the eyes of Anna, the oldest child; Anna is the narrator. This is an example of __________.  

Dr. Davis knows that I am going to  ____.

A teacher selected 5 fiction titles, gave a book talk about each, and then posted sign-up sheets so that each student could select the book he or she wanted to read. This class was prepared to participate in ___________.

Ten-year-old Matthew selects books from the classroom library, reads independently, and has conferences with his teacher. Matthew is most likely participating in __________.