THE BARTON READING AND SPELLING SYSTEM TUTORING (CONTINUED)

A Barton student must:

● Be at least 5 years old and in kindergarten.

● Speak and comprehend spoken English.

● The program is not for children with a receptive or expressive language disorder.

● The program is not intended to be an ESL program.

○ The program might work for a non-native English speaker who can speak and understand spoken English at a second grade level.

● Have an IQ of 71, or higher.

● Struggle with spelling when writing stories, and cannot easily sound out unknown words when reading.

○ If someone can already read accurately and rapidly, and spells well, but only has trouble with comprehension, then the Barton System would not be needed or appropriate

● Be able to pass the Barton Student Screening.

○ This screening is offered on campus by the campus administrator for Barton.

The process for enrolling a student in Barton Tutoring at NCS includes the following:

● The teacher/parent will look at DIBELS scores Is the student in the red and not improving with Progress Monitoring?

● The teacher/principal will ask the parents for vision screening We recommend seeing Dr Gong for vision screening for tracking and muscle development in the eye.

● The teacher/principal will ask the parents for recent Speech Screening to rule out articulation and language processing issues.

● The teacher will then refer the parent to the Campus Administrator for the Barton Tutoring Program, Hillary Allion, for Barton Screening. In kindergarten students must know all letters.

● Parents are asked to consider utilizing a high school student, family friend, grandparent or educational aide to tutor with the Barton after school tutoring

Students who will benefit from the Barton Reading and Spelling System include:

● Students who have reading difficulties that mirror signs of dyslexia

● Students who struggle to put sounds together

● Students who are failing in retaining sounds and spelling patterns

● Students who are not improving with DIBELS Progress Monitoring

Students who are not likely to benefit from the Barton Reading and Spelling System include:

● Students who are low readers and have not been Progress Monitored with DIBELS

● Students who are naturally slower at grasping concepts or fluency

● Students who have attentional issues

● Students considered "bubble" kids in DIBELS who just need more exposure/practice

○ Those students who need extra practice should not be pulled out during the school day

○ Parents are asked to consider utilizing a high school student, family friend, grandparent or educational aide to tutor with after school tutoring.