Remarkable Success

Reading Out Loud

Student surprise and amazement
By Susan Barton

Susan Barton loves seeing Facebook posts from teachers, like this one:

I highly recommend the Barton Reading & Spelling System. It has made the difference for so many students at our school.

A side benefit is that I, as the resource teacher, have learned so much about English reading and spelling rules, too.

The manuals are precise and explicit, so if you follow them with fidelity, your students will progress and make amazing improvements.

My highest group is just finishing Level 4. It teaches vowel teams, but my students especially loved learning the syllabication rules.

I wish everyone could have seen their surprise and amazement when they realized they did not have to guess at long words anymore — and that they could actually decode words by following rules. This level is the game changer.

I'm so grateful that Susan Barton painstakingly developed this program to provide every child an opportunity to learn to read!!!

Patricia James, Resource Teacher
St. Edward Catholic School
Little Rock, AR

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Dyslexia results from a neurological difference; that is, a brain difference.

People with dyslexia have a larger right hemisphere in their brains than those of normal readers.

That may be one reason people with dyslexia often have significant strengths in areas controlled by the right side of the brain, such as:

• creative problem-solving skills
• artistic, athletic, and mechanical gifts
• 3-D visualization ability
• musical talent
• and intuitive people skills

Tutor Tip Videos

There are 8 tutor tip videos on our Tutor Support webpage.

The videos include helpful advice and demos ranging from an easy way to help students find their spelling mistakes when writing sentences, to the Happy Rule, Schwa, intense fluency practice, and how to read and spell sight words.

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