Lauren Alvarez

Updated 11/21/2025

Weekly "Newsletter" From Ms. Alvarez:

I hope you all had a restful and wonderful Thanksgiving Break! I can't believe we only have 3 weeks in between Thanksgiving and Winter Break. It will be a quick, but fun couple of weeks ahead! I'm excited to spend this time of year with your students!

We are officially heading into our middle-of-the-year testing window. This week, all of 3rd Grade will be completing their DIBELS assessments with their reading skills group teachers. These will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. We will also begin our MAPS testing, starting with the Language Usage assessment on Thursday and Friday. MAPS will continue into next week as we work through the remaining assessments.

We are excited to share that we are going on our first field trip of the year! Third Grade will be visiting the Space Foundation in Colorado Springs on Friday, December 12th. If you have not yet done so, please access MySchoolBucks to pay and sign the permission slip for your student. We will leave AVA around 9:00 a.m. and return around 2:00 p.m.

Students will be receiving their Ancient Rome study guide on Monday, which is also posted here on my website! Please take time to study at home. Our Ancient Rome test will be on Monday, December 8th.We will finish out December with our Holidays Around the World unit.

It's a busy time of year but also the best time of year!

With Love,

Ms. Alvarez

Upcoming:

12/03: Alvarez Reading DIBELS

12/04: MAPS Language Usage (Homeroom)

12/05-12/06: MAPS Reading (Reading Class)

12/10-12/11: MAPS Math (Math Class)

12/12: Space Foundation Discovery Center Field Trip (9am - 2pm)

Homework:

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Math	x	Lesson 59 Pg. 415 Odd Problems	Lesson 60 Pg. 420 Circled Problems (PDF attached to website)	x	Test 11
Reading	Legend of Romulus and Remus Fluency 4.6 Spelling	Fluency 4.6 Spelling	Fluency 4.6 Spelling	Fluency 4.6 Spelling	Fluency Reading due & Spelling Test 4.6

Language Arts:

CKLA Unit 4:

Students will be working on the following concepts: Irregular Verbs (say, do, make), Suffixes -y and -al, and we will finish with a Unit 4 Language Assessment!

Homeroom Read Aloud: Wild Robot

Reading:

Unit 4: Ancient Rome

Reading Skills: Compare and Contrast two texts, pulling key details from read alouds, text evidence to comprehension questions, and Main Idea and Key Details.

CKLA Read Aloud: Stories of Ancient Rome

Spelling: /ee/ sound spelling patterns

Spelling List 4.6 will be the LAST spelling list until January! This week students will be working a lot on finding text evidence to answer comprehension questions. Please use this weeks fluency and comprehension questions to practice going back into the text!

Math:

Lessons covered this week: 58-60

We will cover the following concepts: Multiplying 3 digit numbers, Estimating Arithmetic Answers, and Rate Problems with a given total. We will then have a review day on December 4th and take Test 11 on Friday, December 5th. This will wrap up Volume 1 of our book!! We will start Volume 2 when we get back in January!

History/Science:

History Unit: Ancient Rome

This week we will be covering: Augustus Caesar, Roman Architecture, Gladiators, Chariot Races and we will finish off by learning about Pompeii!

Students will be taking their Ancient Rome test on December 8th.

SPECIALS Schedule:

Monday	Spanish
Tuesday	Character Education
Wednesday	Library
Thursday	PE
Friday	Character Education

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)
9:00-9:25am	W.I.N Time & Intervention
9:30-9:55am	Math Block 1 (Skills Group)
10:00-10:45am	Specials
10:45-11:25am	Math Block 2 (Skills Group)
11:30am-12:10pm	Lunch/Recess
12:15-1:25pm	CKLA Reading (Skills Group)
1:30-2:15pm	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