When I’m not teaching, I enjoy spending time with my husband, Matthew, and my children. We like to visit parks and go on walks. We enjoy spending time in the Georgia Mountains. We are quite involved with the Boy Scouts. We also like pizza and movie nights at home. On my own, I enjoy baking, reading and gardening.
 

You can email Mrs. Robertson at Cindy_Robertson@gwinnett.k12.ga.us. 

Class Schedule
8:50-9:00              Announcements, attendance, lunch count

9:00 -9:20              Intervention

9:20-10:40             LA-Reading/Grammar/Writing/Spelling

10:44-11:14           Lunch

11:15-11:25           Restroom Break

11:30-12:00           Recess

12:05-12:50           Specials

1:00-2:00               Math

 2:00-2:10              Read Aloud/Snack

 2:10-3:10              Social Studies/Science

 3:10-3:20             Agendas/Pack-up

 3:20                      Dismissal

Discipline Referral Process

In fourth grade, we use a conduct label in the agenda for each student to manage behavior. The consequences for misbehaving are listed below. Your child's agenda will come home daily. Please sign it daily.

• 1st check: silent lunch for half of the time
   or walk laps for half of recess 
• 2nd check: silent lunch for the whole time or walk laps 
   for all of recess
• 3rd check: contact parent
• 4th check: time out in another room
• 5th check: office referral

**If missing homework – automatic study hall
**If severe behavior – automatic office referral

Supply List

2 composition notebooks
Crayons
Colored pencils
#2 pencils
Wide ruled notebook paper (3 packs)
Scissors
6 folders with pockets and brads
Ruler
Dry erase markers (personal use)
Glue sticks
2 boxes Kleenex
1 roll of paper towels
3 reams of copy paper
Pencil pouch (no pencil boxes)
Pencil sharpener

***I use individually wrapped candy and small trinkets for rewards. I can use these anytime.***

Please do NOT bring binders and Trapper Keepers. We don’t have room to store them.

Classroom Policies and Other Important Information

Homework-   In my classes homework is assigned as needed.  I give math homework most nights. Depending on the week, other subjects could range from 1-4 assignments.  Projects, of course, will run several nights or even weeks long.  We encourage students to begin working on all assignments as soon as possible in order to avoid that last minute panic that often results in sloppy, below average work.  We use the agenda book in order to help our students stay organized AND to keep you informed of assignments/projects as we assign them.  Reading is ALWAYS considered a nightly responsibility, whether specifically stated in the agenda or not. 

Grading-
90-100  A
80-89  B
74-79  C
70-73  D
BELOW 70  U
We also “weight” grades within each subject area according to the following guidelines:

Grading Breakdown for 4th Grade
Reading
Daily Work      60%
Tests               40%

Math
Daily Work    60%
Tests             40%

Writing
Writing Pieces       50%
Grammar/Daily     30% 

Grammar Quizzes 20%

Spelling
Daily Work       60%
Tests                 40%

Science/Social Studies
Daily Work      60%
Tests               40%

Late work will be penalized 10% per day that it is late, and after 5 days of being notified that an assignment is missing, a 50 will be recorded for that assignment.

Study Hall- If your child does not complete homework or class work, he or she will be asked to complete their work during recess. 

Agenda
The students will write homework assignments in these daily.   Tests will be written in the agenda ahead of time.  In the event your child is absent for a day, he/she can look in a neighbor’s agenda and see if we wrote anything new.  This will also be the way he/she gets the homework assignments that were missed for make-up work. Any worksheets that were handed out will be put on his/her desk.

Absences- If a child is absent, it is their responsibility to get the assignments they missed.  They have as many days as they were absent in order to get the missed work turned in without penalty.  If your child has a doctor’s appointment, they should not miss a whole day of school, unless they are sick. Please check out your child for the appointment only and allow them to come to school before and after the appointment if possible. 

Snack- We will have snack each day around 11:20 in the morning, since we eat so late this year.  Please try to send dry, simple snacks for your child to enjoy.  Also, students are allowed to keep a WATER bottle on their desk to sip on throughout the day.  Other drinks are not allowed. 

Medication
All medications must be brought to the clinic in the original, labeled container by a parent or guardian. Children can not bring medicine to school.

Friday Folders- Every Friday, your child will bring home a white envelope with important papers and graded work.
         Please look through the papers, sign and return the envelope. 

Testing- Fourth graders must pass all parts of the CRCT (reading, language arts, math, social studies and science) and the GCPS Math Reasoning Test.

Requests 
individually wrapped candy
small trinkets for our class store

*Please send in a small pencil sharpener for your child.
* Please do not send any binders or Trapper Keepers. They are big and we don’t have room for them.