Brief Bio: My name is Pamela Kmetz and I feel honored to have the opportunity to teach your child this year! The first grade year is a magical one! I truly love first grade because it is a year of substantial growth both academically and socially. This year your child will blossom into a confident, independent reader, writer and mathematician. We will learn to add, subtract, solve story problems and much, much more! We will be authors of our own stories that we will share in class. Of course, each child will progress at an individual rate, but success is measured not by where they finish, but by how far they’ve come! I promise to work my hardest to ignite the passion of learning within my students.

A little about me…

This is my 19^th year teaching, 10 of which were spent teaching Kindergarten and 1^st grade. This is my third year teaching first grade at Gillette School. I am a wife, mother and teacher. When I am not in the classroom or on the computer I enjoy spending time with my family and friends.

To reach me: The best way to contact me is by e-mail. My e-mail address is pkmetz@longhill.org. You may also leave a message on my voicemail, however I usually only check my voice messages at the end of the day. I can be reached at (908) 647-2313 ext. 1004.

Expectations: Students are required to come to class well rested and excited to learn. Homework folders are expected to be handed in everyday. Homework is to be handed in daily.

Daily Homework: Students will have homework daily. Typically, there will be Language Arts and Math assignments. Students should also practice reading the words in their Word Bags. In addition, you can practice counting to 100 by 10’s, 5’s and 2’s and “The Doubles” Addition Fact.