Math Difficulties

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Michelle Carter is a three-time Olympian who struggled a great deal in school.

As a child, Carter was diagnosed with dyslexia. Fortunately, her parents were very supportive, and she received tutoring three to four times a week in reading, writing, and math. By middle school, Carter’s grades improved.

Carter had a propensity for track and field, excelling in shot put. At 15, she made the U.S. National Team. After high school, Carter was awarded a full track and field scholarship to the University of Texas.

In 2016, at the Olympic games in Rio, Carter became the first U.S. woman ever to win a gold medal in the shot put competition.

In 2018, she was inducted into the Texas Track and Field Hall of Fame.

Carter credits her success to her parents and her faith. “God has given me the ability to do all things through him.”

Our popular Stand Alone Books are available in digital format.

When students in the Barton System realize they can read accurately and fluently, they want to start reading books.

This usually happens near the end of Level 3. But at that point, they only know two syllable types, Closed and Unit, plus contractions.

Reading research clearly shows that emerging readers will improve their fluency (speed) only if they read books that contain controlled text. In other words, books in which at least 95% of the words can be sounded out using the rules the student already knows.

Unfortunately, most books on the library shelf – even those aimed at young readers - contain all seven types of syllables. So if you hand a student one of those books to read, the student will have to revert back to guessing, which is the very habit you are trying to break.

That’s why we hired authors to write Stand-Alone Books. Each of these 32-page books contains one long story, divided into chapters, written using Controlled Text plus the Sight Words taught in the Barton System.

These books provide Barton students with ample decoding practice, plus the satisfaction of reading a good book from cover to cover – independently – perhaps for the first time in their life.

Currently, we offer 27 titles – 12 Stand-Alone Books that students can read at the end of Level 3, 10 for students at the end of Level 4, and 5 for students at the end of Level 5.

Each book was written to be enjoyed by both children and adults.

Start the school year off right by meeting with your child’s teacher.

Watch this 8-minute video by Susan Barton to find out what to say.

If you want the booklet mentioned in this video, click here.

Spelling Success has two new online games!

Pre-Reading Matching Game

Students have fun finding matching sounds as they say the keyword and pull off the first sound.

Level 6 Five in a Row Game

Playing this game with students helps them practice reading over 400+ words in Level 6.

These online games are available with a $59/year subscription, plus a one-time access fee to unlock an entire level of games.

For more information, go to Spelling Success.

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