This week I assisted sixth grade students with their lab write up for the Science Fair. I was working with a group of sixth grade students on a project that tested if ice cubes melted at different speeds in different liquids. One of the girls in the group had been absent for a couple of science class periods and was behind in understanding what she needed to do for the lab write up and when the classroom teacher came around to help her the teacher asked the other student in the group to catch her up to speed. I noticed by having the peer explain to her what she needed to do helped the student understand what was already done, but did not help her understand what she needed to do next. I realized that the student who was not absent was going to write up the lab and do the next steps of the project with her partner just watching.  At this point I stepped in and asked the other group member what was the next steps in the write up of the lab report were and how can we split those steps so her partner had something to do. I learned from this experience that when a teacher has students working in groups they needed to make sure that every student in the group is on task and knows the tasks that they are responsible for in the group or the proper amount of work may not get done.