When the teacher noticed that her students had difficulty creating realistic characters in their stories, she wisely discussed examples in __________.

When a young student asked his teacher how to spell a word, the teacher correctly ________.

Extensive reading can improve a child’s writing ability primarily because by reading, children __________.

Fourth-grade teacher Margaret Kelly plans to use a reading workshop approach. Her classroom library should contain______________.

Mikki, an English language learner, has enrolled in a public school in Pennsylvania. She has a rich vocabulary in Japanese, but limited English. Research suggests that a student who has a rich vocabulary in her first language will probably __________.

Of the following, the best way to determine whether students’ spelling has improved is to ______.

The underlying meaning of a story is referred to as its __________.

Third-grade student Ella wrote the sentence, “It is to cold to go swimming.” Ella’s sentence shows that she has difficulty with __________.

During the first week of classes in September, a teacher assigned a Sketch-to-Stretch activity as homework and was disappointed with the results. Experienced teachers correctly advised him that __________.

The primary goal of spelling instruction should be to help children__________.