PGIS HAWK HIGHLIGHTS

• Team- Thank you for your engagement in our Read-a-thon! You've posted on Facebook, you're engaging your with families! Thank you for making our Read-a-thon successful. We have one week left! One last push!
• Ashlee Francis- Thank you for creating the posters of our norms for the CTM Room! The teachers love them!

• Morgan Morris- Thank you for your commitment to our core values! You've created anchor charts that help support our behavior initiative on campus.
• Amy Halt, Christina Cook, and Courtney Sexson- Thank you for making our student classrooms fun and engaging! I have heard such positive feedback from parents and students!

In Teach Like a Champion 2.0, the “100%” technique emphasizes the importance of holding every student to the same high expectations for attention and participation. The goal is simple: 100% of students are engaged, on task, and meeting the standard before moving forward.

This strategy works best when teachers:

• Set clear expectations for behavior and responses.

• Pause instruction until every student is with you.

• Address non-compliance quickly and calmly.

Consistency builds a culture where students know that full engagement isn’t optional—it’s the norm. Let's continue to work on this as we establish our schoolwide classroom systems!

Monday, September 8th

• Guiding Coalition

Tuesday, September 9th

• Fall Pictures (Order: 3rd, 4th, & 5th)
• Shelter in Place (Tornado) PM

Wednesday, September 10th

• 3rd Grade Math Planning
• Staff Meeting TBD

Thursday, September 11th

• Constitution Day
• Texas First Responder's Day
• Brooke, Vega, Derek, Ashlee- in training

Friday, September 12th

• Happy Friday! You may wear jeans with PG, black and gold!
• 4th Grade Math Planning
• Read-a-thon Ends (all logs and donation due)

Tier 2
Tier 2 is dedicated time for providing targeted instruction and practice to students who need additional support to master grade-level skills. This focused block helps address specific learning gaps identified through assessment data.

Instructional Expectations
IXL

During Tier 2, we will use IXL as a key tool for skill reinforcement. Students should work on teacher-assigned skills directly tied to their areas of need, while teachers monitor progress and provide feedback to ensure growth.

Small Group

Teachers will also use this time for small-group instruction, pulling students based on assessment data to provide intensive, targeted support. This ensures every student receives the right help, at the right time, for the right skills.

IMPORTANT: If your data does not reflect at least 80% mastery of a skill, Tier 1 instruction should be reevaluated and adjusted to ensure all students have a solid foundation before moving on.

Tier 3 Intervention

• Tier 3’s purpose is to provide the most intensive, individualized support to close gaps and ensure students can achieve grade-level success.

• We will use data to determine students that need intensive, individualized support.

  Students will receive 6 weeks of intensive instruction during Tier 3 and progressed monitored October 10th.

• Teachers will discuss progress with parents during parent-teacher conferences on October 14th.

• Students not served during Tier 3 will receive remediation during Tier 2 or guided reading groups.

• Intervention teacher will be identified and will provide Tier 3 instruction. Instruction begins September 2nd.

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Tier 3 Extension

• During Tier 3, students not receiving intensive intervention will engage in extension and enrichment opportunities to deepen and expand their learning.

• Instructional Expectations

  • Learning activities are rigorous and engaging, going beyond grade-level expectations.

  • Students apply knowledge through critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity.

  • Tasks encourage student choice, exploration, and collaboration.

  • Instruction includes opportunities for project-based learning, research, or real-world applications.

  • Enrichment connects to core content areas while allowing for depth and complexity.

  • Students are challenged to their extend reasoning, not just practice.

  • Progress is monitored through performance tasks, discussions, or presentations, rather than simple recall.

  • Activities align with district/campus expectations for advanced learners and GT students.

Extension activities begin September 2nd.

Resources for extension:

https://www.texaspsp.org/tasks

Your Tier 2 and 3 block looks differently from others. We will work together to build the best system of support for our students.

Beginning September 2nd, Sarah Thompson will come to Tier 3 instructional blocks to pull students who receive accelerated instruction. Please send their chromebook with them. She will continue to pull these students until they've met their hour requirements.

Team, please share on Remind.

Please send home the Read-a-thon information in your Remind message! Get parents & families excited about the fundraiser.

Support for Blocksi.

Please make sure you have completed all Google Forms linked below.

Brag boards are a way to acknowledge positive behaviors in the classroom or around school. It is important that we celebrate and acknowledge desired behaviors instead of focusing on unwanted behaviors. Throughout the week, focus on celebrating our students and utilizing our campus brag boards.

We did a great job of maintaining an organized and safe learning environment! Let's work to increase the "positive behavior is reinforced."

September

8th: Guiding Coalition

9th: Tornado Drill (Shelter in Place) & Fall Pictures

10th: Staff Meeting

12th: MAP & Read-a-thon Ends

15th: Homecoming Parade

16th: Fire Drill

17th: District Vulnerability Assessment (more info to come)

19th: Homcoming

24th: Vertical Meetings

25th: Literacy Night

October

6th: Guiding Coalition

7th: Lockdown Drill

10th: End of Nine Weeks & Fall Fest (during activity)

13th: PLC Exchange Day or PLC Professional Development

14th: Professional Development & Parent-Teacher Conferences (2:00-6:00)

15th: Revisit Behavior Expectations with Students

21st: Fire Drill

23rd: Staff Meeting

27th-31st: Red Ribbon Week

Pleasant Grove Intermediate School: Mission, Vision, & Collective Commitments

Collective Commitments

To ensure high levels of learning for all students, Pleasant Grove Intermediate School is committed to:

• Working in collaborative teams and taking collective responsibility for all student learning

• Refining the agreed upon priority standards and adhering to the curriculum pacing established by the team

• Monitoring student learning through ongoing assessment processes that include frequent team-developed common formative assessments

• Using data from assessments to share and improve strategies for instruction and plan effective interventions and enrichment.

• Celebrating the successes of the whole child

Encourage and remind students to wash their hands regularly. If you need hand sanitizer, let me know as soon as possible. We will get you a bottle.

• Emergency bags will help ensure that you have everything you need in case of an emergency. You will take this bag with you for each drill. It will have all items that you need in case of an emergency. You may add essentials that you feel are helpful (band aids, flashlight, pens).
• Make sure your Emergency Cheat Sheet is posted in your classroom.
• Your Safety Plan and cards are located in the black folder. Be sure to print a roster off and place it inside this folder.
• Make sure you update your sub plans to include this information.

Please complete your T-TESS Pre-Assessment & Goals. These are due August 29th.

September

16th: Moragan Morris

21st: Amanda Kelley

30th: Craig Hicks

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