The purposes of this manual are to provide the content area teacher with an understanding of and means for implementing reading skills in content areas. The five chapters in the manual are designed to assist the content area teacher in helping students read the materials required of that subject. Chapter one helps the teacher define reading and select ways in which reading skills can be incorporated into classroom learning. Chapter two guides school personnel through a complete needs assessment, providing information on school reading program surveys, assessing parent and community attitudes toward reading, evaluating student reading attitudes and interests, choosing and using reading tests, and evaluating textbooks and reading materials. Chapter three discusses diagnostic/prescriptive teaching strategies, focusing on the directed reading lesson. Chapter four offers specific suggestions for choosing goals and objectives for use by the classroom teacher and the total school. Included in the final section are numerous instruments for measuring the progress of the program. (RL)