Four possible alternative approaches for developing word recognition skills (including sample lesson plans for both primary and intermediate grades) were presented. The first emphasized the importance of the relative order of difficulty of word analysis skills involving phonic abilities and auditory and visual discrimination in both primary and intermediate grades. The second program stressed the use of vocabulary selected from words in the child's speaking vocabulary. The third focused on the inductive method of word recognition, and the fourth program emphasized the importance of acquiring both an intensive and extensive vocabulary. The lesson plans stressed the aspects of phoneme identification, knowledge of homophones, word classifications, and awareness of multimeaning vocabulary. The plans utilized self-directing/self-correcting material, every-pupil response techniques, and team-learning organizational patterns. References are included. (CL)