Designed to assist reading tutors in the Champaign, Illinois, Unit 4 schools, this illustrated guide offers the following: practical suggestions for relating to children and specific teaching techniques for tutoring reading, an explanation of reading readiness and a series of readiness activities; a chapter on word attack skills that considers phonics, sight words, structural analysis, and the language experience approach; a discussion of reading comprehension; and a section on how to determine instructional objectives and plan lessons. A series of outlined reading activities, an illustrated game packet, four mini-evaluation forms, a glossary of reading terms, and a bibliography of high interest low vocabulary materials are also included. (MAI)