This instructional module is designed for Teacher Corps interns who need to know how to effectively teach reading development skills to inner-city elementary school children. The first part of the document is a brief overview of reading in the elementary school and includes a flow-chart and the rationale and objectives of the Teacher Corps Program. The following four fields of a total reading program are described: basic developmental reading, reading in the content fields, recreational reading, and remedial reading. The second part of the document is a module for skill development in reading. The third part of the document is a module for diagnosis of reading abilities. The final section of the document covers miscellaneous topics and skills, such as spelling, writing, choric speaking, questioning, psychological foundations of reading, and readability. (TS)