This handbook, which suggests activities to help students acquire and improve reading skills, is divided into the following units: (1) vocabulary development--word attack skills and vocabulary acquisition skills, (2) reading comprehension, (3) critical and interpretive reading, (4) work study habits, (5) locating information in books and using reference works, (6) rate of reading, and (7) oral reading. All units, based on the sequential learning approach, present objectives and activities for grade levels K-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12. Skills which students are expected to have acquired at the completion of each unit are listed. (MP)