Cover; Half Title; The Essential Library of PreK-2 Literacy; Title ; Copyright; Dedication; About the Authors; Series Editors' Note; Contents; Chapter 1. Foundational Skills and Open-Ended Learning: When and Why?; Reading Development: Differing Skills at Different Stages?; Where Does Fluency Fit in Reading Development?; Chapter 2. What Is Fluent Reading?; What Is Fluent Reading?: The Role of Automaticity and Prosody; What Does Effective Fluency Instruction Look Like?; Where Is Fluency in the CCSS?; Conclusion; Chapter 3. Assessing Fluent Reading; Why Assess Fluency?;"Viewing fluency as a bridge between foundational skills and open-ended learning, this book guides teachers through effective instruction and assessment of fluent reading skills in the primary grades. Fluency's relationship to phonological awareness, phonics, and print concepts is explained, and practical methods are shared for integrating fluency instruction in a literacy curriculum grounded in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Classroom examples, weekly lesson plans, and extensive lists of recommended texts add to the book's utility for teachers. Subject Areas/Key words: CCSS, Common Core State Standards, decoding, early grades, elementary grades, fluency, foundational skills, kindergarten, learning, lessons, literacy assessment, oral language, phonics, phonological awareness, preschool, primary grades, print concepts, reading comprehension, text comprehension, vocabulary Audience: PreK-2 classroom teachers, reading specialists and coaches, and special educators; teacher educators and graduate students."--;Foundational skills and open-ended learning : when and why? -- What Is fluent reading? -- Assessing fluent reading -- Fluency instruction for any setting -- Fluency instruction for shared reading -- Fluency instruction for flexible groups -- Fluency instruction for individuals -- Supplemental fluency instruction -- Recommended trade books for children by theme -- Award-winning trade books for children, 2000-2014 -- Notable trade books for children, 2013-2014.;"Viewing fluency as a bridge between foundational skills and open-ended learning, this book guides teachers through effective instruction and assessment of fluent reading skills in the primary grades. Fluency's relationship to phonological awareness, phonics, and print concepts is explained, and practical methods are shared for integrating fluency instruction in a literacy curriculum grounded in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Classroom examples, weekly lesson plans, and extensive lists of recommended texts add to the book's utility for teachers"--