Lauren Alvarez
Updated 08/21/2026
Weekly "Newsletter" From Ms. Alvarez:
We made it through our first full week and are already into our second! As we settle into the school year, we are entering our beginning-of-year testing season.
This week, students will complete DIBELS testing with their reading teacher. Please check your reading teacher’s website to see which day your student will be testing. Next week, students will begin MAPS testing. During these testing weeks, please help your student prepare by providing a healthy breakfast and nutritious snacks, encouraging plenty of rest, and making sure they arrive at school ready to do their best.
On Monday, third grade will send out a Sign-Up Genius for donations for our River Projects, which we will begin next week. Remember, families can earn volunteer hours for classroom donations—$25 spent earns one volunteer hour. I will post the sign-up link here once I've emailed it to all families.
Friday will be our first Dress of Choice Day of the year!
With love,
Ms. Alvarez
Upcoming:
8/25: DIBELS - Alvarez READING Class
8/28: Dress of Choice
9/3: K-5 Curriculum Night
9/4: Fun Run Pep Rally!
9/7: Labor Day - NO School
Homework:
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Math | Lesson 1.3 Reteach | Practice Multiplication Facts |
Practice Multiplication Facts
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Lesson 1.3 Reteach DUE
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x |
| Reading | Fluency Read |
Fluency Read
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Fluency Read
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Fluency Read
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Fluency Packet with Parent Sig DUE |
Language Arts:
This week students will be focus on the following items: Using Pear Deck as a classroom tool, Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives. We will also introduce more classic tales such as Aladdin.
Homeroom Read Aloud: Sideway Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Reading:
CKLA Unit: Classic Tales
Reading Skills: Comprehension, Citing Evidence, Theme, Sequence and Perspective
CKLA Read Aloud: Wind in the Willows Adaption
Spelling: None until Unit 2!
This week students will focus on themes, sequencing, and comprehension through our Wind in the Willows read aloud. We will also start to read more independently by reading excerpts from Alice in Wonderland. Starting this week, your student will come home on Monday with their first fluency packet. This is your students homework for the week. Each night your student will read the passage and measure how many words they read correctly. By the end of the week, they should see their improvement. Please send these back on Friday to have your student to turn in as a grade!
Math:
Module 1: Multi-Digit Numbers (8 Lessons total)
Lessons we will cover this week 1-4: Use Place Value to Round Numbers, Add Whole Numbers using Reasonableness, Subtract Whole Numbers using Reasonableness, and Using Addition and Subtraction to Compare Numbers.
It will be the first week that your student comes home with homework. Your student will only get ONE homework worksheet this week. Since it is the first one, I will send it home Monday and students will need to bring it back on Thursday. On the other nights that your student isn't working on the HW page, they should be practicing (with fact cards, online games, or flash cards) their multiplication facts. We will start Multiplication Tests in September!
History/Science:
History Unit: Rivers!
Students will learn the following about rivers: How it Makes Lives Better, The View From Above & the Dangers, and Wildlife on Rivers. We will learn about these by learning about the following rivers: Indus, Ganges, Yangtze, Murray, Mississippi, Ob, Amazon, Orinoco, and Mackenzie.
This week a sign-up genius was emailed out about donating for our Rivers Project. Please check the newsletter above to see if there are still spots to donate!
SPECIALS Schedule:
| Monday | Spanish |
| Tuesday | Character Education |
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Wednesday |
Library |
| Thursday |
PE |
| Friday | Character Education |
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!
