Prepared by teachers in a summer course, this handbook presents brief descriptions of various aspects of reading instruction and related lesson plans and class activities. Sections of the handbook discuss readiness, word recognition, word meaning/vocabulary, comprehension, and reading in the content areas. The handbook also offers brief biographies on Emmett Betts, Morton Botel, Jeanne Sternlicht Chall, William Edward Dolch, Roger Farr, Kenneth S. Goodman, William Scott Gray, Walter Harold MacGinitie, and Romalda Spalding. A list of Newbery medal books from 1922 to 1995, a form to evaluate a reading teacher, a list of reading tests, a graph for estimating readability, and a list of 20 books and 15 periodicals for reading professionals are attached. (RS)