The document provides guidance on teaching reading skills to students. It outlines several important reading skills like surveying, predicting, skimming and scanning. It emphasizes the importance of extensive reading and allowing time for silent sustained reading to develop fluency. It also recommends using intrinsically motivating techniques like having students create their own reading materials. Teachers should encourage the use of reading strategies and follow the SQ3R method of reading comprehension. Assessment of skills and comprehension is important through responses like answering questions or conversing about what was read.