Lauren Alvarez
Updated 09/18/2026
Weekly "Newsletter" From Ms. Alvarez:
I hope you all enjoyed the 3-day weekend! We are ready for a great week ahead!
This week, students will only have 4 days to practice their spelling words, so please make sure your student is studying their words each night. Be sure to check with your student’s Reading Skills teacher to make sure they are studying the correct spelling list.
We are well into our Animal Classification unit, and the students are absolutely loving it! They have been learning so much about how animals are classified and are having a great time exploring the different groups.
As a heads up, parent-teacher conferences are right around the corner! Conferences will take place on October 6th and 8th from 4:15–7:45 PM. These conferences will also be a great opportunity to chat about your student’s MAPS and DIBELS test results and ask any questions you may have. Please keep an eye out for an email from Aspen View with information about signing up. Sign-ups will be available in the next couple of weeks.
With love,
Ms. Alvarez
Upcoming:
9/21: No School - Professional Development
9/25: Dress of Choice
10/6 &10/8: Parent Teacher Conferences (4:15pm - 7:45pm)
10/9 - 10/16: Fall Break
Homework:
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Math | No School | 3's Brochure | Test Corrections Module 1 | x |
X Tests: 3's &4's
All HW Due
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| Reading | No School |
Spelling List 2.6 &Fluency Read
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Practice Spelling &Fluency Read
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Practice Spelling &Fluency Read
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Spelling Test 2.6 and Fluency Packet due |
Language Arts:
This week students will be working on: Prefixes (un-/non- and pre-/re-), Compound Sentences, and Concrete and Abstract Nouns and Identifying those in Sentences.
Homeroom Read Aloud: Sideway Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Reading:
CKLA Unit: Animal Classification
Reading Skills: Non-Fiction Features, Sequence, Compare/Contrast vocabulary, and Context Clues
CKLA Read Aloud: Rattenborough's Guide to Animals
Spelling: -ed/-ing endings (with dropping the i)
This week students will practice reading chapters to find information, sequence events of an Amphibians life, and write compare and contrast sentences after identifying important main ideas. Spelling lists will continue through the rest of the year! As a reminder, students will bring home their lists and fluency on Monday and the spelling test and fluency will be due on Friday!
Math:
Module 2: Lessons 6-8 (8 lessons total)
Lessons we will cover this week: Estimate Products by 1-digit Numbers, Estimate Quotients Using Compatible Numbers, and Use Mental Strategies for Multiplication and Divison.
Homework is going to continue (for now) to be twice a week! We are going to keep going with our Fact Fluency Multiplication tests! This is in addition to the curriculum, students will be given a set of facts to study through the week and at the end of the week they will take quick multiplication tests to pass! Once they've passed tests 2-12, we win a Multiplication Sundae party!
X Facts this week: 3's & 4's
History/Science:
Science: Animal Classification
Students will learn the following about Animal Groups and how they are classified. They will learn about the following groups: Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles!
SPECIALS Schedule:
| Monday | Spanish |
| Tuesday | Character Education |
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Wednesday |
Library |
| Thursday |
PE |
| Friday | Character Ed |
STEM Schedule:
| Red Week | STEM |
| Orange Week | Music |
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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!
