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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