Find out what lessons or units are coming up next and plan now. Lessons, worksheets, test, quizzes (ger your mentor's old oned and modify them). Take a look at the tests first to see what topics are covered. Make sure you do the questions your going to assign. You sound ambitious, which is awesome, but remember failing to plan is planning to fail. Nothing like standing in front of a bunch of students stumped by a problem you assigned. Easy way to lose the class. Also, be aware of any rules or procedures your mentor uses. Are there any others you want to input, and how will you do this? I'm assuming your joining in the middle of the year, so you know what the kids are doing and what's expected. A great book on rules and procedures is "The First Days of School:How to be an Effective Teacher" by Harry Wong. Go to the meetings and conferences, grade papers, practice writing parent emails (even if your mentor just looks at them and does them herself)Find out what lessons or units are coming up next and plan now. Lessons, worksheets, test, quizzes (ger your mentor's old oned and modify them). Take a look at the tests first to see what topics are covered. Make sure you do the questions your going to assign. You sound ambitious, which is awesome, but remember failing to plan is planning to fail. Nothing like standing in front of a bunch of students stumped by a problem you assigned. Easy way to lose the class. Also, be aware of any rules or procedures your mentor uses. Are there any others you want to input, and how will you do this? I'm assuming your joining in the middle of the year, so you know what the kids are doing and what's expected. A great book on rules and procedures is "The First Days of School:How to be an Effective Teacher" by Harry Wong. And listen to selwein6, that advice was great too. Good luck and have fun. Have fun and good luck