Lauren Alvarez
Updated 09/25/2026
Weekly "Newsletter" From Ms. Alvarez:
We are on the 2 week countdown to Fall Break! I can't believe we are already a quarter through our 3rd Grade year.
Conferences are coming up! Please look for the conference sign-up coming from the front office on Monday. You will meet for 15 minutes with your student’s homeroom teacher. Our 3rd grade team will meet together to discuss specific skills groups and share any important information from your student’s skills group teacher.
Fall break is coming! We have two more weeks left in our Animal Classification unit. To close out our unit, students will research an animal of their choosing and write a research paper about what they learn. When we return from fall break, we will begin learning all about the human body!
Next week, students will take their Animal Classification test. A study guide will come home with students on Monday to help them prepare. You will also receive an email with a link to sign up to bring an animal-themed snack for our Animal Day celebration. You can also check back here on Monday to find that link.
With Love,
Ms. Alvarez
Upcoming:
10/6 &10/8: Parent Teacher Conferences (4:15pm - 7:45pm)
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 | Reteach 2.8 | X | 7's Brochure | x |
X Tests: 6's & 7's
All HW Due
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| Reading | Spelling List 2.11 |
Practice Spelling & Comprehension HW
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Practice Spelling & Comprehension HW
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Practice Spelling & Comprehension HW
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Spelling Test 2.11 and Comprehension HW due |
Language Arts:
This week students will take their Unit 2 Language Assessment and then go right into our summative writing prompt. Students will research an animal of their choice this week and then plug it into a rough draft!
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: Dropping the 'y' adding 'i' and 'es'
This week students will be focusing on text structure language such as compare/contrast and main idea! Students will take their first end of unit comprehension test. There is no need to study for this test, but you will see this coming home in conferences! Your student's homework this week is not a focus on fluency, but a focus on reading a text and using text evidence to answer a set of comprehension question. They DO NOT need to read this each night, but focus on Comprehension Questions and turn in when complete.
Math:
Module 2: Review & Tests
This week we will do a couple days to review before we have our Module 2 test and 6's and 7's test!
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: 6's and 7'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: Birds, Mammals, and Herbivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores!
SPECIALS Schedule:
| Monday | Spanish |
| Tuesday | Character Education |
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Wednesday |
Library |
| Thursday |
PE |
| Friday | Library |
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!
