Mafeesh Fakka

     In literature, my children have seemingly simultaneously entered into the unit on story mapping. It’s been a reoccurring topic in my 4th graders series of “ 180 Days of Reading grade 4 ” and for my 7th grader it has been a topic in “ Curtis and Hake Grammar ”. So anyway, having 8 children it is imperative that I combine what I can between my students in order to maximize the content we can cover without putting a heavy burden on our time. Literature is the perfect topic to integrate your lesson-planning because a lot of the content is covering the same topic but merely with advancements in vocabulary and depth. It leaves you some room to navigate. Because you will notice as a parent that there are some children that will absorb any content you give them, and the advanced vocabulary and deeper concepts don’t hinder them in the least. Likewise, there are students that you will see may repeatedly need revision on the same topics to build mastery. So bringing these...

     My girls, ready to go!      Since I am new to blogging I thought I would begin with keeping a journal of my day today. So I guess I should fill you in on some of the details before we start. As a family of 10, we currently live in Nasr City, Egypt. March 15th will mark our 2 year anniversary as an Expat family. My husband suggested this move after seeing a consistent decline in the moral codes and conduct of America. It became ever more apparent that the traditional ethical codes we wanted to instill and maintain in our children were not going to be supported in our community. As South Philadelphia residents, it also was becoming more and more clear, that regentrification was taking its toll on thne community and we were not keeping our heads above water easily. My husband working 12-14 hours a day and for pennies in retrospect of what he made once all expenses were accounted for. My husband has been doing 1099 independent contractor work for ...