Lauren Alvarez

Updated 04/10/2026

Weekly "Newsletter" From Ms. Alvarez:

It's CMAS testing week!!

A couple reminders to help your student feel their best by making sure they get plenty of rest each night, eat a healthy breakfast each morning, and bring nutritious snacks to keep their energy up! Due to CMAS On Monday, we will spend most of the day encouraging and preparing students so they feel confident and ready for the week ahead. Then come Friday, we are excited to welcome Castle View High School students into our classroom to lead a Junior Achievement program with our 3rd graders. This is always a fun and engaging experience for students!

We also have our final field trip coming up on May 1st—more details will be shared soon. Sometime this week you will receive an email through MySchoolBucks with additional information, so please be on the lookout for that.

As a reminder, there is no school on April 24th due to a teacher work day!

With Love,

Ms. Alvarez

Upcoming:

4/14-4/16: CMAS Testing

4/17: Junior Achievement with local High School students!

4/24: No School - Plan Day for 26/27 School Year

Homework:

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Math	x	x	x	x	x
Reading	x	x	x	x	x

Language Arts:

CKLA Unit 9: Early Exploration of North America

Students will be working on the following grammar concepts: We will pick up next week!

Homeroom Read Aloud: Holes (Ms. Alvarez' absolute favorite)

Reading:

CKLA Unit 9: Early Exploration of North America

Reading Skills: Comprehension using Text Evidence, Listening with Purpose: to add to each explorers expedition log, and cause and effect.

CKLA Read Aloud: The Age of Exploration

Spelling: None until next week!

Math:

Lessons covered this week: CMAS -> lessons will pick up again next week!

Concepts: No homework this week!

History/Science:

History: Early Exploration

This week we will be covering the following explorers: CMAS week!

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!

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