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Using iCONN to Improve CAPT Scores

Join Julie Yulo-Medeiros, a Teacher-Librarian at Cromwell High School, as she presents effective strategies to improve CAPT scores using iCONN. The session focuses on integrating diverse nonfiction texts, including newspapers, journals, and reports, aligned with 10th-grade readability and Lexile ranges of 1025-1250. Discover resources for reading comprehension, response to literature, and interdisciplinary writing that empower students to excel in critical assessments. Boost your teaching toolkit and help students thrive academically.

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Using iCONN to Improve CAPT Scores

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  1. Using iCONN to Improve CAPT Scores Presented by: Julie Yulo-Medeiros Teacher-Librarian Cromwell High School

  2. Don’t make me use my librarian voice.

  3. CAPT: Reading for Information • Nonfiction text • 500-1000 words • 10th Grade Readability • 1025-1250 Lexile • Text Used: newspaper, magazine, journals, speeches, reports, summaries, interviews, memos, letters, reviews, government documents, editorials

  4. Lexile Range: 1050 –1200

  5. Keyword, Word Count & Lexile

  6. Editorials, Cover Stories, Interviews and More

  7. Editorials

  8. Viewpoint Essay

  9. Column

  10. Cover Story

  11. CAPT Third Generation Handbook for Reading & Writing Across the Disciplines Sample Questions http://www.csde.state.ct.us/public/cedar/assessment/capt/index.htm

  12. CAPT: Interdisciplinary Writing • 2 published nonfiction texts • 700 – 1000 words • 10th grade-readability • 1025-1250 Lexile • Contemporary issue • Pro/con perspectives on issue

  13. Associated Press Photo Archive

  14. Keyword Display Images Sort Images Graphic PDF

  15. CAPT: Response to Literature • 1 published fictional text • 2,000 to 3,000 words • 10th grade readability • 1025 – 1250 Lexile • 4 response questions • 4 dimensions assessed

  16. Keyword Full Text Lexile Score

  17. Word Count & PDF

  18. Keyword Word Count Full Text

  19. If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn’t be called Research. A. Einstein

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