Today, we finished layers of the Earth projects & started notes on convection currents in Science and wrapped up our investigation into triangle areas in Math.
1) One student's choice: a brochure

In Math, our last lesson before a quiz is usually an extension of what we've discovered over the first few lessons. This time, each group did the problem on chart paper and we hung them around the room for a "gallery walk." I give the kids post-its and they move around the room leaving "grows" and "glows" (compliments and ideas for improvement) on other groups' work. They also include a 4-3-2-or-1; what they'd give as a grade if this were a real open-response problem. It's a great respect lesson too, because as 6th graders, they're quick to be critical of each other! I always link it back to what I expect to see on their work daily...and MY favorite par-it is an excellent opportunity to teach them what meaningful compliments and critiques are...like the one below!:)

They insisted on being in the pic

somehow :)