This teacher's guide is designed for use in helping adult basic education (ABE) students to develop beginning language skills. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are the following topics: occupational knowledge, consumer economics, health and safety, government and law, and community resources. Each unit contains some or all of the following: a self-inventory, teacher preparation instructions, and various classroom activities in the form of games, matching exercises, puzzles, sample forms, simulations, and worksheets. Also provided in the guide is a copy of the final report of the 310 project during which the guide was developed. Included in this report are discussions of the goals of the guide, procedures for its use, characteristics of the low-level reader, strategies for working with low-level readers, development of instructional materials, and language arts for beginners. (MN)