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Katie Caprino @KCapLiteracy

Wife. Mom. Writer. Reader. Artist. Literacy faculty and Director of the Teaching & Learning Design Studio @EtownCollege. Trained reading specialist.

Joined March 2013
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Such an important article about children's development! I'm hopeful my Elizabethtown College students will check it out! news.virginia.edu/content/qa…

Q&A: Why are a child’s first 1,000 days so critical for brain building?

Many parents think the school years matter most for neurological development, but a UVA expert says the biggest gains start much earlier.

news.virginia.edu
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Super excited that my @EtownCollege students' paper selfies are on display @HighLibrary as part of the Gen Z exhibit. These selfies help teachers learn about students' identities and also serve as a baseline writing sample. Would love for you to go check them out!
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I so enjoyed my time at the 2026 Lancaster Learns conference! Enjoyed thinking about how I can apply all the good ideas to my teaching.
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Thank you to the Keystone State Literacy Association Region IV [Capital Area, Lancaster Lebanon, York Adams] for inviting me to present this evening! So enjoyed our wonderful discussion about novels in verse.
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My @EtownCollege preservice teachers may be particularly interested in this bill about cursive writing in PA! fox43.com/article/news/local…

Pennsylvania bill requiring schools to teach cursive signed into law

Known as House Bill 17, the legislation requires cursive handwriting to be taught in all Pennsylvania schools.

fox43.com
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Enjoyed learning about how the Caldecott came to be! ala150.org/the-caldecott-med…

The Caldecott Medal: 'A Hasty Idea Thrown Out'

The Caldecott Medal is of one of the most prestigious children’s book awards in the world. Established in 1937 to recognize the most distinguished American picture book for children, the first medal...

ala150.org
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Would love recommendations for professional books / textbooks that help secondary teachers learn about structured literacy. One of my @EtownCollege students will be doing (hopefully) a summer research project! on this topic! @ncte @ILAToday
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My @EtownCollege #ED317 students are doing such a wonderful job with their first case study of the semester!
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Final grades have been submitted. Thank you to my wonderful @EtownCollege students this semester! You were such a wonderful group to come back to!
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I LOVE our current fellows and the great work they are doing in their classrooms - and the ways they will be able to inform the greater good on the @EtownCollege campus!
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Review manuscript for English Education ✔️ Review manuscript for English Journal ✔️ Review manuscript for Journal of Children's Literature ✔️ #professorlife #literacy #research
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I'm looking to share some case study examples with some colleagues! If you write case studies for your college students, would you be willing to share a few with me? Thank y'all so much!
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Looking for the best polling tools that college faculty love! I'd love to hear your ideas!
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Preparing for our wonderful new @EtownCollege new faculty to join us this week!
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I'd be interested in hearing what other higher education faculty do to support their students' reading.
MindShift
@MindShiftKQED
23 Jul 2025
The four-part, Quickwrite protocol is designed to train students' brains to become proficient readers. @middleweb A Tool to Help Students Navigate Difficult Text middleweb.com/52422/a-tool-t…
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Elizabethtown College@EtownCollege
11 Jul 2025
Elizabethtown College was proud to host the 16th annual Landmark Conference Summer Research Symposium and more than 100 undergraduate researchers on Thursday! View photos from the symposium: bit.ly/44EdUOG.
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Would love to talk to any independent booksellers or avid readers about selecting the perfect book for someone. I'm writing a freelance piece and would love some additional perspectives.
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Gen Z parents not reading to children alarms experts newsweek.com/gen-z-parents-c…

Gen Z parents not reading to children alarms experts

With books missing, "more often than not, children do not experience lots of things," Professor Susan B. Neuman told Newsweek.

newsweek.com
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I’m writing a piece on tips for gifting the perfect book to a friend or family member. If you know of anyone who may be a good source, can you PM me? Thanks, y’all!
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Just LOVING my #ED317 directed study students! They are fabulous and showing such a good work ethic and enthusiasm for learning! @EtownCollege
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