My mentor teacher taught his students the lesson I'm supposed to be giving them next week. He also did so much to teach them, like using a graphic organizer and had a performance based assessment at the end. For a while, I had no clue what to teach them or how.
Figured out a way to use the STAD model, which focuses on putting students in a group and giving them a shared goal to work towards (i.e getting a small reward). He said it was good, and when I asked him how he'd want to group the kids, he told me to get rid of the groups and have them do the activity individually. So I won't be using a STAD model....
At this point, I'm just gonna end up lecturing the kids and if that's what he wants, then fine.
Man, I feel like I'm always complaining about mentor teachers.