A curriculum guide series developed by the City of Chicago's Board of Education to help native Spanish speaking, limited English speaking students develop Spanish language reading skills as a preliminary step in teaching English reading skills consists of 13 books. The level M corresponds to grade 7 instruction. The approach used is learner-centered and skill-oriented, presenting behavioral objectives for reading skills and subskills to be taught. At each level, four reading skill strands are emphasized, presented in this sequence: word attack, comprehension, study skills, and literature. Within each skill category are listed the fundamental subskills to be mastered to attain reading competency, followed by a specific behavioral objective, classroom instructional strategies and activities related to the objective, and suggested criteria for evaluating learners' performances. All objectives are arranged from the most fundamental to the most advanced, and objectives crucial to mastery are highlighted. A bibliography of related instructional materials is provided. Prefatory material in the guide is given in both English and Spanish, and the remainder of the volume is in Spanish only. (MSE)