TIME ALLOTMENT CHARTS ARE GIVEN SHOWING THE RECOMMENDED PORTION OF THE SCHOOL DAY TO BE GIVEN TO INSTRUCTION IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND OTHER SUBJECTS, GRADES 1 THROUGH 8. A CHART SHOWING RELATIONSHIPS OF READING LEVEL TO GRADE LEVEL IS GIVEN IN A FIFTEEN-LEVEL SEQUENCE, PARALLELING A BASAL READING SERIES. ALSO CONTAINED IS A FLOW CHART OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS SKILLS, GRADES 1 THROUGH 6. A READING SKILL CHART IS INCLUDED WITH LISTINGS UNDER--WORD RECOGNITION, VOCABULARY BUILDING, COMPREHENSION, INTERPRETATION, LITERARY DISCRIMINATION AND APPRECIATION, ORGANIZATION, STUDY, SPEED READING AND ORAL READING. ITEMS ARE LISTED ACCORDING TO THEIR ORDER OF INTRODUCTION TO PUPILS. ALSO INCLUDED ARE METHODS OF LEARNING TO READ THROUGH ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXPERIENCES, DESCRIPTION OF LEVELS IN TERMS OF WORD ATTACK SKILLS, HOW TO TEACH READING AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS FOR TEACHING A READING LESSON, AND KINESTHETIC TECHNIQUES IN REMEDIAL WORK IN SPELLING. AN INFORMAL READING INVENTORY IS GIVEN, BASED ON THE SHELDON BASIC READING SERIES FROM PREPRIMER THROUGH EIGHTH READER, WITH SILENT AND ORAL COMPREHENSION CHECKS. A BASIC WORD LIST IS SHOWN AND BOOKS FOR MATURE READERS ARE RECOMMENDED.