This guide provides a description of a mastery learning reading program based on a language approach to teaching reading. All suggested activities stress the use of skills to obtain meaning from reading as the main goal of instruction. Sections include a discussion of the elements of this mastery learning instructional program that notes the need to adjust time limits for individual progress; suggestions for the reading content of the program; suggestions for planning the program, including class diagnosis, classroom and school organization, and the involvement of parents; methods for assessing student progress; a discussion of roles and responsibilities in the program for principals, teachers, and support teachers; and ways to monitor and evaluate the mastery learning reading program. Appendixes include information on suggested reading skill sequences and information on research performed in classes using the program. (MKM)