Mrs. Geiger's Website
Welcome to my website. My name is Kristy Geiger and I teach fifth grade Science and Writing at Northmoor Elementary. This is my tenth year as a teacher. I also have a Master's degree in Educational Leadership and am a National Board Certified Teacher. The start to this school year has been a successful one. All of the students are adjusting nicely to the changes that have to be made in fifth grade. I am looking forward to making the rest of the year just as successful as the beginning has been.
Mrs. Geiger's Class Mission Statement
See below for class room routines and procedures.
News:
Science- On Monday, I will be assigning our Biome Research Project. This project is very involved and will be a big part of their Quarter 2 grade. We will spend two days going over what is required for the project and then we will spend 3 days researching in our books and on the computer. Their research paper will be due on Monday, October 26th. They will then have five more school days to work on the rest of the project. The final product will be due on Monday, November 2nd.
Fifth Grade Supplies:
Four #2 pencils with erasers-sharpened (no mechanical pencils or sharpeners)
One highlighter
Three pens - blue, black, and red
Crayons or colored pencils
Ruler (Metric & Standard)
Glue stick
One 1 in. binder
Scissors
White notebook paper - wide lined (NO SPIRAL)
One (100 sheet) composition notebook
Six (pocket AND clip) folders
Pencil bag (zip type)
Two boxes of tissues
Paint shirt (with name) in large plastic Ziploc bag
Dry erase markers - one set (“no odor”)
8 dividers for binders
Two D-cell batteries
One container of Clorox wipes
Clean sock to be used as a white board eraser
~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE RESUPPLY WHEN NEEDED.
Tuesday Newsday
Each Tuesday the students will be bringing home a Tuesday Newsday folder. In that folder, we will be sending home flyers, graded papers, and anything that needs to be sent home from the previous week. If it is important and needs to be sent home before Tuesday, we will do that. Each week that the folder comes home, it will need to be signed by a parent and sent back in the next day or there will be a consequence. The goal of the folder is to help foster communication between home and school. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Fifth Grade Rules:
1. Respect others always.
2. Be quiet and orderly in the hallway.
3. Be prepared for class.
4. Contribute to an undisturbed classroom.
5. Be responsible for your own actions.
Consequences:
The following consequences are if you choose to break one of the above rules. There are separate consequences for not doing homework.
1st Time – Warning ticket - will only be a warning if behavior is corrected. If not, it will result in a CHAMPS strike
2nd Time – CHAMPS strike
3rd Time –CHAMPS strike and 50 minute after-school detention
4th Time – Sent to the principal’s office
Any serious offense will result in immediately being sent to the principal!
Homework Consequences:
1st time in a week - CHAMPS strike
2nd time in a week - CHAMPS strike
3rd time in a week - CHAMPS strike and 50 minute after-school detention
Agendas:
Each student will be given an agenda that they will be expected to write down homework assignments in. If you know that your child has issues with writing down homework assignments and would like to discuss initialing your child’s agenda, please let me know and I will be more then happy to do that.
Absences:
When a student is absent, a student secretary records all homework assignments and other important class information on an absence sheet. Parents who call the office by 10 A.M. can request to pick up their homework assignments be the end of the school day. Students have one make-up day for each day of absence, plus one. For example, if a child is absent 3 days, he has 4 days to make up the work. If the sheet is not picked up on the day of the absence, the students will receive it on the day of his/her return to school.