Lauren Alvarez
Updated 09/11/2026
Weekly "Newsletter" From Ms. Alvarez:
It’s Fun Run Week!
Our Fun Run will take place this Wednesday morning from 9:30–10:30am for students in 1st–3rd grade. Students will receive their Fun Run shirts that morning and may change at school or wear their shirt over the clothing they arrive in. Please make sure your student brings a water bottle and wears tennis shoes for the event.
In reading, we have officially begun our Animal Classification Unit! Students will be learning how scientists classify animals and exploring the characteristics of different animal groups. In science, we will be wrapping up our Forces Unit this week before transitioning into our animal unit next week. We are looking forward to an exciting few weeks of learning about animals!
We will also be celebrating our class rewards throughout the week:
- Monday: Jersey Day, Hat Day & Wacky Socks
- Tuesday: Crazy Hair Day
- Wednesday: Fun Run, Movie in Class, Stuffie Day & Game Time (board or card games only; no electronics)
- Friday: PJ Day
Looking forward to an exciting week in 3rd Grade!
With love,
Ms. Alvarez
Upcoming:
9/8 - 9/16: Boosterthon!
9/16: Fun Run @ 9:30am
9/21: No School - Professional Development
9/25: Dress of Choice
Homework:
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Math | 5's Brochure | x | x | Lesson 2.1 Practice Plus |
X Tests: 2's &5s
All HW Due
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| Reading | Spelling List 2.1 & Fluency Read |
Practice Spelling &Fluency Read
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Practice Spelling &Fluency Read
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Practice Spelling &Fluency Read
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Spelling Test 2.1 and Fluency Packet due |
Language Arts:
This week students will be working on identifying parts of speech (nouns, verbs, and adjectives). Students will focus on identifying these in simple sentences before we move onto compound sentences.
Homeroom Read Aloud: Sideway Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Reading:
CKLA Unit: Animal Classification
Reading Skills: Non-Fiction Features, Author's Purpose, Compare/Contrast, and Main Idea
CKLA Read Aloud: Rattenborough's Guide to Animals
Spelling: -ed/-ing endings (with doubling for some)
This week students will start the week by identifying the importance of Non-Fiction Features in texts. We will use the student reader to identify and help us understand why these are important to readers! We will focus on the reading skills listed above while also learning about groups of animals! Last but most important, spelling lists start this week! 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 3-6 (8 lessons total)
Lessons we will cover this week: Use Division to Solve Multiplicative-Comparison Problems, Explore Multiplication Patterns with tens, hundreds, and thousands, Explore Division Patterns with tens, hundreds, and thousands, Estimate Products by 1-digit Numbers.
Homework is coming home twice this week! We are starting 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: 2's & 5's
History/Science:
Science: Investigating Forces
Students will learn the following about forces: Magnetism is a Force and Solving Problems with Magnets. We will task our Forces and Motion test on Thursday, September 17th! Please make sure your student is studying at home, there is a study guide attached here to my website!
SPECIALS Schedule:
| Monday | Spanish |
| Tuesday | Character Education |
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Wednesday |
Library |
| Thursday |
PE |
| Friday | Spanish |
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!
