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  • Holt Elementary Language Academy
  • Durham, NC
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Imagine being a young reader. You just turned on your school computer and you’re reading an assigned book. It has vibrant action pictures of heroism. On every other page color 3-D images pop off the page. The word ‘boom’ matches the fiery image of an exploding tank. Your homework is to read the book to a parent or sibling at home. Your teacher prints it out for you. When she hands it to you your heart goes thump. You look puzzled. You ask, “is this the same book I just read?” The life-like images you saw on the screen don’t match the stark black and white images on the printed book pages. Imagine the difference color would make. Studies document the important role that illustrations and pictures play in telling a story. Illustrations and pictures help grab the reader’s attention. According to Words and Images in Children’s Picture Books by Lynn Chen, illustrated picture books shape children’s perceptions of the world around them. Images and text can tell the same story. Picture books stimulate students’ imagination and help them better understand a story. According to authors Nikolajeva and Scott (2001), when used together, images and text can more effectively present an even fuller meaning of a story. I am making a request for a color printer, ink supply and copy paper, so that I am able to print guided reading books in color for my students. Our school district subscribes to an online reading program and books have to be printed out. As a teacher, my goal is to support students’ love of reading by providing them with materials that capture their attention and stimulate their imagination. To do that, I need books that contain vibrant and engaging images and that are fun to look at and read.

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Imagine being a young reader. You just turned on your school computer and you’re reading an assigned book. It has vibrant action pictures of heroism. On every other page color 3-D images pop off the page. The word ‘boom’ matches the fiery image of an exploding tank. Your homework is to read the book to a parent or sibling at home. Your teacher prints it out for you. When she hands it to you your heart goes thump. You look puzzled. You ask, “is this the same book I just read?” The life-like images you saw on the screen don’t match the stark black and white images on the printed book pages. Imagine the difference color would make. Studies document the important role that illustrations and pictures play in telling a story. Illustrations and pictures help grab the reader’s attention. According to Words and Images in Children’s Picture Books by Lynn Chen, illustrated picture books shape children’s perceptions of the world around them. Images and text can tell the same story. Picture books stimulate students’ imagination and help them better understand a story. According to authors Nikolajeva and Scott (2001), when used together, images and text can more effectively present an even fuller meaning of a story. I am making a request for a color printer, ink supply and copy paper, so that I am able to print guided reading books in color for my students. Our school district subscribes to an online reading program and books have to be printed out. As a teacher, my goal is to support students’ love of reading by providing them with materials that capture their attention and stimulate their imagination. To do that, I need books that contain vibrant and engaging images and that are fun to look at and read.

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