Welcome to PALS!
Hello Families! Welcome to a new year of PALS! I’m going to be contacting each family individually and posting it on my website. Because of health and safety considerations to do with the Covid-19 virus, there will be some changes to how we operate.
Calendar- PALS will start on Monday, 8/31/20 & end on Tuesday, 5/18/21. We will not meet on parent conference days, early release days and student holidays.
Pick-up /drop off time and place : Our hours this year will be 11:45-1:45. Car drop off & pick-up will be at our middle gate. We'll arrive at 11:40 & we’ll wait until 11:50 if people who may be running late.
Our webpage for PALS is right here. I use our website in every session, and each book we read has a webpage with corresponding games, activities, printables (including the craft we produce), target words and grammatical forms. You are invited to use those resources in whatever way works for your family. If you have ideas for things I could add to those posts, please let me know
Please send me digital or hard-copy pictures of your child and family! This is really an “all year” request. When something fun and/or interesting happens in your child’s life, send me some relevant pictures & we’ll practice talking about that in class.
Backpack items: When coming to PALS, your child should bring a backpack containing:
Classroom supplies that I’m asking everyone to bring are :
Donations requested, only if you happen to have some of these gently used items or things leftover from other events -:
Until later,
Denise Szymczak MA, CCC/SLP
- I wear a mask or a face shield all the time. PALS students need to wear masks when we're moving to & from class. In class the kids don't have to wear a mask when they are seated, but they do wear a mask during activities such as music & movement, when they are most likely to be in each others' faces or bumping into each other.
- Every child will have their own supplies
- We won't have a snack time, but if your child needs it, he/she can eat lunch at PALS.
- The daily schedule includes more structured printed games and activities with printed directions and a second craft activity. This is to increase the amount of fun, non-digital practice materials at home. .
Calendar- PALS will start on Monday, 8/31/20 & end on Tuesday, 5/18/21. We will not meet on parent conference days, early release days and student holidays.
Pick-up /drop off time and place : Our hours this year will be 11:45-1:45. Car drop off & pick-up will be at our middle gate. We'll arrive at 11:40 & we’ll wait until 11:50 if people who may be running late.
Our webpage for PALS is right here. I use our website in every session, and each book we read has a webpage with corresponding games, activities, printables (including the craft we produce), target words and grammatical forms. You are invited to use those resources in whatever way works for your family. If you have ideas for things I could add to those posts, please let me know
Please send me digital or hard-copy pictures of your child and family! This is really an “all year” request. When something fun and/or interesting happens in your child’s life, send me some relevant pictures & we’ll practice talking about that in class.
Backpack items: When coming to PALS, your child should bring a backpack containing:
- securely closed water bottle
- change of clothes
- child-sized collapsible umbrella that can fit in the backpack
Classroom supplies that I’m asking everyone to bring are :
- 1 box of washable markers
- 1 medium box of crayons
- 1 set children's scissors, right or left handed as needed by your child
- 3 large glue sticks
- a plastic container for school supplies,
Donations requested, only if you happen to have some of these gently used items or things leftover from other events -:
- small items for treasure box
- craft materials
- easily washable manipulative toys such as blocks, big legos, action figures, cars, etc.
Until later,
Denise Szymczak MA, CCC/SLP