Virtual Tutoring
Cedar Valley Dyslexia Services, LLC offers virtual reading and spelling tutoring for dyslexic individuals of all ages. Students connect with their tutor online via a screen-sharing platform called Koala Go. Koala Go livestreams the video and audio of participants while simultaneously allowing the student and teacher to use their avatars to interact with the environment.
Cedar Valley Dyslexia Services, LLC uses the Barton Reading & Spelling System and Foundation in Sounds as its two primary literacy programs. Both programs are based on the Orton-Gillingham method of instruction, which is designed to address the learning differences associated with dyslexia.
The Barton Reading & Spelling System is a simultaneously multisensory, explicit, and systematic phonics program that teaches students with dyslexia how to read and spell. The Barton System addresses the five major components of literacy instruction: phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary/background knowledge, fluency, and comprehension.
Foundation in Sounds increases phonemic awareness skills. Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound in our language. Phonemic awareness is a foundational literacy component by which all other reading skills are built upon. For students who have phonemic awareness deficits, Foundation in Sounds may be needed before beginning the Barton Reading & Spelling System.
Cedar Valley Dyslexia Services, LLC uses the Barton Reading & Spelling System and Foundation in Sounds as its two primary literacy programs. Both programs are based on the Orton-Gillingham method of instruction, which is designed to address the learning differences associated with dyslexia.
The Barton Reading & Spelling System is a simultaneously multisensory, explicit, and systematic phonics program that teaches students with dyslexia how to read and spell. The Barton System addresses the five major components of literacy instruction: phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary/background knowledge, fluency, and comprehension.
Foundation in Sounds increases phonemic awareness skills. Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound in our language. Phonemic awareness is a foundational literacy component by which all other reading skills are built upon. For students who have phonemic awareness deficits, Foundation in Sounds may be needed before beginning the Barton Reading & Spelling System.
Educational Resources
For Teachers
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Literacy Classroom Series
Susan Barton, author of the Barton Reading & Spelling System, has reviewed our Koala Go Literacy Classroom series of templates for copyright compliance. These templates are designed to be compatible with the Barton System but do NOT contain any copyrighted Barton content. The Literacy Classroom series serves as
a framework in which tutors can plug their own Barton or other instructional content to create lessons.
Rick and Lisa Weaver, authors of Foundation in Sounds, have also reviewed Literacy Classroom 1 for
copyright compliance with their program.
a framework in which tutors can plug their own Barton or other instructional content to create lessons.
Rick and Lisa Weaver, authors of Foundation in Sounds, have also reviewed Literacy Classroom 1 for
copyright compliance with their program.
Compatible with Foundation in Sounds and Barton Level 1
A quick-start guide can be found under the Tutor Support tab in our menu.
A quick-start guide can be found under the Tutor Support tab in our menu.
Compatible with Barton Level 2
A quick-start guide can be found under the Tutor Support tab in our menu.
A quick-start guide can be found under the Tutor Support tab in our menu.
Compatible with Barton Level 3
A quick-start guide can be found under the Tutor Support tab in our menu.
A quick-start guide can be found under the Tutor Support tab in our menu.
Compatible with Barton Level 4
A quick-start guide can be found under the Tutor Support tab in our menu.
A quick-start guide can be found under the Tutor Support tab in our menu.
Compatible with Barton Level 5
Compatible with Barton Level 6
Games
Play these games with students while completing lesson procedures, as a reward for hard work, as a brain break, or as an ice-breaker with new students.
Review Activities
These pre-built activities can be used for lesson review.
Activity Templates
Add your own content to create review activities with these templates.
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Dyslexia DefinedThe International Dyslexia Association defines dyslexia as a “specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction. Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience than can impede growth of vocabulary and background knowledge.”
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