Co-Authoring ClassroomTexts

The reason I chose this picture is because the article states that "Maryrita Maier’s classroom was a
place where the teacher and students were learning together as real players.” In this picture we can see the classroom coming in as one, like a team.  The teacher is reading them a book and they all seem very engaged.  The article also depicted how books were easily attainable for the students, and that read-alouds were given at a rate of 120 books a week. The picture shows a read - aloud being given and it seems as the students are allowed to discuss the reading being made. In the background of the picture we see a vast variety of books, so this represented that image that was described in the beginning of the article, in which Maier's class would have an impact on people when they walked in. She had a ton of books and this image demonstrates so.

The second image I chose was to represent a part of the article that really captured my attention.  It was discussing the teacher's way of teaching.  She began by sitting down in the carpet with the students, just like in the image above.  Then she began to just have a conversation with them by starting to say, " I have so many ideas, floating in my head today." All the children were paying attention to her and listening to what she had to say.  She began to tell them stories about her life that she could possibly write about. This got the kids intrigued in the conversation, since she set a very comfortable environment for them.  Slowly the kids began to participate and share their own ideas of what they could write as well. The girl in the yellow shirt, raising her hand, made me visualize this specific setting that was described in the article. One by one students began sharing their opinions.

Finally, I chose this image to demonstrate Meir being supportive to each and every individual in her classroom. She seems to be having a one on one, to assist the student on constructive writing.  "Maier incorporated mini lessons in the ongoing construction of authentic texts, thus grounding students’ understanding of the basics of writing in real writing." By providing a mini lesson, in which students became active participants in writing and reading.  The image just represented how Maier facilitated the activity of writing by helping the student out, but taught the students to "self-monitor" and learn to fix their own mistakes.