Lauren Alvarez

Updated 09/04/2026

Weekly "Newsletter" From Ms. Alvarez:

I hope everyone had a great 3-day weekend! It was much deserved after a week of MAPS!

This week will be our last week of MAPS testing! Students will be taking Language Usage in their homeroom class on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please keep an eye out for your child’s MAPS and DIBELS scores coming home over the next couple of weeks. We will send an email to let you know when it will be in Thursday folders.

It is also our fundraiser week, this is always a fun week for the kids as we raise money for Aspen View! All week long, Boosterthon reps will be visiting our class to teach us important virtues while helping us raise money for our school. You can register your student at mybooster.com. To conclude the event, students will run in our Fun Run next Wednesday, September 16th, from 9:30–10:30 AM!

Finally, this will be our last week of our Classic Tales unit. Up next is Animal Classification, which means spelling words are coming for all classes!

With love,

Ms. Alvarez

Upcoming:

9/7: Labor Day - NO School

9/8: Language Usage MAPS

9/8 - 9/16: Boosterthon!

9/9: Wind in the Willows Test (all reading classes)

9/16: Fun Run @ 9:30am

Homework:

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Math	No School	Test Practice	Module 1 Test	Practice Multiplication Facts	x
Reading	No School	Fluency Read	Fluency Read	Fluency Read and Comprehension ?'s	Fluency Packet due

Language Arts:

This week students will be working on their Language Usage MAPS and finishing their first writing piece of 3rd Grade. This is an opinion piece where students will choose a Wind in the Willows character and a theme that the character has shown through read aloud. Students will use reasons and evidence to support their opinion. This week students will focus on copying their rough draft to their final draft!

Homeroom Read Aloud: Sideway Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar

Reading:

CKLA Unit: Classic Tales

Reading Skills: Comprehension Test after Read Aloud

CKLA Read Aloud: Wind in the Willows Adaption

Spelling: None until Unit 2!

This week students will finish up their Wind in the Willows read aloud adaption and take a comprehension test. After students take the comprehension test, we will watch a Wind in the Willows movie to wrap up our Classic Tales unit. On Friday, students will get to participate in a book tasting where they see different books from different genres to find books they like.

Math:

Module 1: Test B for Practice, Test A Independently

Module 2: Lessons 1 -2 (8 lessons total)

Lessons we will cover this week: Explore Multiplicative Comparisons and Distinguish Between Multiplicative and Additive Comparisons.

There is no math homework for one more week, but it wouldn't hurt to have students practicing their multiplication facts. These can be with fact cards, online games, or flash cards. Starting after MAPS will be weekly multiplication fact focus.

History/Science:

Science: Investigating Forces

Students will learn the following about forces: Definitions, Friction is a Force, Predicting Patterns of Motion, and Hidden Forces!

SPECIALS Schedule:

Monday	Spanish
Tuesday	Character Education
Wednesday	Library
Thursday	PE
Friday	PE

STEM Schedule:

Red Week	STEM
Orange Week	Music
Green Week	Technology
Blue Week	Art

Bolded Week is what we have for the week.

Daily Schedule - 3rd Grade

Time	Subject
8:00-8:20am	Unpack & Morning Work
8:20-9:00am	CKLA (Grammar/Writing)
8:45-9:00am	Handwriting
9:00-9:25am	W.I.N Time & Intervention
9:30-10:00am	Math Block 1 (Skills Group)
10:05-10:45am	Specials
10:50-11:25am	Math Block 2 (Skills Group)
11:30am-12:10pm	Lunch/Recess
12:15-12:30pm	SSR (Silent Sustained Reading)
12:35-1:30pm	CKLA Reading (Skills Group)
1:35-2:15pm	STEAM
2:20-2:40pm	Recess
2:45-3:25pm	History/Science
3:25-3:30pm	Pack Up/Dismissal

Meet the Teacher - Letter from Ms. Alvarez

I’m so grateful to be part of the AVA community! This is my sixth year of teaching and my fifth year here at AVA. I truly love this school, our students, and the amazing families I get to work with every day. I earned both my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Elementary Education from the University of Northern Colorado. Teaching is my passion, and being in the classroom with your children is genuinely my happy place! I care deeply about your child’s well-being and am committed to creating a learning environment where every student can thrive. I’m here to partner with you to support your student’s success—please never hesitate to reach out.

I’m looking forward to the BRIGHTEST year yet!

Name: Ms. Lauren Alvarez
Position: 3rd Grade Teacher
Email: lalvarez@aspenviewacademy.org

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