| There are 10 Levels in The Barton Reading and Spelling System. My belief is that when tutoring children in grades K - 4, which would be the grades where early intervention would be most needed, Levels 1 - 4 are more than sufficient to bring a child up to or past those grade levels. Below is a review of what is taught in Levels 1 - 4 of The Barton Reading and Spelling System: Level 1: Phonemic Awareness We teach the 7 essential phonemic awareness skills as rapidly as possible. | |
| Lesson 1: | CV and VC nonsense words |
| Lesson 2: | CVC nonsense words |
| Lesson 3: | VCC nonsense words |
| Lesson 4: | CCV nonsense words |
| Lesson 5: | Rhyming & Real Words |
| Level 2: Consonants & Short Vowels | |
| Lesson 1: | A, B, F, M, P, S, T |
| Lesson 2: | I, C, G, H, L, N, R |
| Lesson 3: | O, D, J, K, V, Z |
| Lesson 4: | U, W, X, Y, QU |
| Lesson 5: | E, SH, TH, CH, WH, CK |
| Level 3: Closed & Unit Syllables | |
| Lesson 1: | Blends at the End |
| Lesson 2: | Blends at the Beginning |
| Lesson 3: | Blends at Both Ends |
| Lesson 4: | Digraph & 3-Letter Blends |
| Lesson 5: | Spelling–Floss |
| Lesson 6: | Spelling–Kiss the Cat Rule |
| Lesson 7: | Spelling–Milk Truck Rule |
| Lesson 8: | Spelling–ING INK Units |
| Lesson 9: | Spelling–Catch Lunch Rule |
| Lesson 10: | Spelling–Contractions |
| Lesson 11: | Spelling–Kind Old Units |
| Level 4: Multi-Syllable words and Vowel Teams | |
| Lesson 1: | Open Syllables |
| Lesson 2: | Syllable Division Rule #1 |
| Lesson 3: | Syllable Division Rule #2 |
| Lesson 4: | Spelling–/k/ in the middle |
| Lesson 5: | Spelling–Double Letters |
| Lesson 6: | Spelling–Schwa |
| Lesson 7: | Syllable Division Rule #3 |
| Lesson 8: | Syllable Division Rule #4 |
| Lesson 9: | Three-Syllable Words |
| Lesson 10: | Spelling–The Banana Rule |
| Lesson 11: | Spelling–The Confident Rule |
| Lesson 12: | Spelling–Long A, E, I at End (Vowel Teams) |
| Lesson 13: | Spelling–Long O, U at End (Vowel Teams) |
| Lesson 14: | Spelling–Vowel Teams in Middle 3 (Vowel Teams) |
