Lauren Alvarez
Updated 10/02/2026
Weekly "Newsletter" From Ms. Alvarez:
Happy ALMOST Fall Break! Lots of information here for the next couple of weeks!
Parent-Teacher Conferences:
Parent-teacher conferences are this week! You will meet with your student’s homeroom teacher for 15 minutes. Our team will collaborate beforehand to share information from all of your student’s skills groups. If you haven’t signed up yet, please sign up HERE.
No Homework Week & Grades:
Due to conferences and the end of the quarter, 3rd grade will have a no-homework week. Please continue to check Infinite Campus for any missing assignments. The gradebook closes on October 8th, and final grades will be posted on October 23rd.
Animal Classification Unit:
Next week, we will wrap up Unit 2: Animal Classification! Students will celebrate with Animal Day, where they will participate in an animal escape room, enjoy animal-inspired prizes and snacks, and end the day with an animal-themed movie. Don’t forget that our Animal Classification test will be Tuesday, October 6th. Study, study, study at home!
FYI, we will have lots of donation and volunteer opportunities coming after Fall Break, please keep an eye out for several sign-ups when we return:
• Math or Treat
• Math Stations Volunteers
• Fall Party
• Math or Treat
• Math Stations Volunteers
• Fall Party
With Love,
Ms. Alvarez
Upcoming:
10/9 - 10/16: Fall Break
10/19: Picture Retakes - Individual
10/20: Class Picture Day (K-5)
10/21: Pay for Dress
10/30: Dress of Choice
10/30: Fall Party - Information & Sign-Ups to come
Homework:
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Math | Study X Facts -> 8's/9's after Fall Break | Study X Facts -> 8's/9's after Fall Break | Study X Facts -> 8's/9's after Fall Break | X |
No School
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| Reading | Please check IC for any missing hw. |
Read 20 Min.
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Read 20 Min.
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X | No School |
Language Arts:
This week students will wrap up their Animal Research Project! Students researched an animal, wrote a rough draft with their research, and then typed their Final Draft all about an animal of their choice!
Homeroom Read Aloud: The BFG by Roald Dahl
Reading:
CKLA Unit: Animal Classification
Reading Skills: Non-Fiction Features, Sequence, Compare/Contrast vocabulary, and Predictions
CKLA Read Aloud: Rattenborough's Guide to Animals
Spelling: None until unit 3 :)
This week students will be focusing on identifying text features and poems! We will be teaching them all the important pieces of poetry such as stanzas, lines, figurative language, and rhyming! There is no spelling or fluency homework this week, but please still encourage your student to read for at least 20 minutes a night! This does build their accuracy and fluency!
Math:
Module 3: Lessons 2-4
Concepts covered this week: Area Models and Distributive Property to Multiply, Multiplying using Expanded Form, and Multiplying Using Partial Products.
No homework this week, but please help your student start memorizing those facts. We are in a unit where it is CRITICAL that they can quickly recall those facts. When we return from fall break our focus will be on 8's and 9s.
X Facts this week: All up to 7's!
History/Science:
Science: Animal Classification
Students will have an in-class review day. The animal classification unit test will be on October 6th! Please make sure you are studying at home. We will finish out the week with making an Collaborative Animal and giving it a habitat and ending with out Animal Day!
SPECIALS Schedule:
| Monday | Spanish |
| Tuesday | Character Education |
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Wednesday |
Library |
| Thursday |
PE |
| Friday | X |
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!
