Do you spend some of your summer stressing about what and how you'll be teaching certain topics? I did this when I taught Social Studies...

  🎵  Down by the bay 🎵  Where the watermelons grow.. . Do you remember that song from your childhood?  My kids used to listen to Raffi AL...

I don't normally compare books to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , but stick with me here.   I struggled with the beginning of this book.  I...