A part of the adult basic education teaching/learning management system called CUBE (Continuity and Unity in Basic Education), this manual is designed to help those teaching students with "splinter skills" to piece together the students' deficient skills and develop an individualized reading program. It consists of three sections. Addressed in section 1 are means for determining reading level of materials; reading skills to be taught between the primer and 6.9 grade levels; words commonly found in level l reading materials; definitions and examples of the various reading skills; and rules governing consonants, vowels, plurals, inflected endings, possessives, and syllabication. The second section contains seven series of inventories, student answer sheets, and oral reading checklists, each of which contains reading exercises and materials geared to the various levels between and including primer and 6.9. Included in the final section are similarly organized steps containing activities for grades 8-10 reading levels; a specific skills series, including material on abbreviations, poetry, and possessives; and lists of published materials organized by reading skills covered in the manual. (A project report describing the development of these materials as well as the other CUBE system instructional materials and manuals are available separately--see note.) (MN)