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Barton Reading and Spelling Intervention

BySuellen Mee

Barton Reading and Spelling System

Influenced by Dr. Orton and Anna Gillingham A unique method and sequence to

improve reading skills of children and adults with dyslexia

Intensive reading intervention designed for students who struggle with reading

Students are taught phonemic awareness and phonics

The Barton Reading and Spelling System (Cont.)

Scripted lesson plans guide students in the mastery of the language continuum Increases fluidity and flexibility between

listening, speaking and writing Skills build on each other so no essential

skill is missed

Implementation Students meet in small groups (1:4

teacher/student ratio) 45 minutes to 1 hour each day

Lessons can not be taught unless all students are present

Lessons consist of phonemic awareness, practice reading words and phrases, and decodable text

Work on fluency, vocabulary and comprehension

Benton County Benton county has implemented early

intervention program in all 4 elementary schools

Screened kindergarten and first graders to identify students at risk

The Barton Reading and Spelling System was used for high risk students in the “Tier 3” category

Benton County Resultswww.bartonreading.com/ar-rtistudy.pdf

Florida Independent Study Involved 2 different Speech-Language

clinics Significant improvement seen after 40

weeks of 1 on 1 Barton tutoring More than 2 years of decoding and

reading comprehension More than 1.5 years of fluency

Florida Independent Studywww.dys-add.com/floridacampbellstudy.pdf

Alaska Independent Study 45 students, grade 2-11, were given

GORT 4 pretest for “before” scores Students given 2 to 3 hours of one on

one Barton tutoring per week Students showed 2 years of gain in just

6 months

Alaska Study Resultswww.bartonreading.com/AlaskaData.pdf

The Barton Reading and Spelling System

A unique researched based reading intervention

Successfully teaches phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency and comprehension

Proven study that would help many children across the country

Works Cited Lewis, E., & Bowers, C. (2003). Research supports

phonological gains with intervention. Barton Reading & Spelling System.

Retrieved from http://www.bartonreading.com/AlaskaData.pdf

Benton, AR Intensive reading intervention report. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.BartonReading.com/AR-RTIStudy.pdf

Significant gains demonstrated in reading realized after utilizing the Barton Reading and Spelling Program. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.dys-add.com/FloridaCampbellStudy.pdf