Lauren Alvarez
Updated 03/28/2025
Weekly "Newsletter" From Ms. Alvarez:
Happy April! Spring is in the air! The students LOVED the nice weather last week during our recess and it was so nice being out there and soaking in the sunshine.
As a reminder as we enter our 4th and final quarter of 3rd Grade. When your student enters 4th Grade, they will notice that it comes a lot of responsibility. As we finish out our year I want to continue to prepare them with the skills needed to be successful in the coming years here at AVA!
Last week, we wrapped up Unit 8: Native Americans. Students will be taking their Unit Assessment on Monday, March 31st. Our next CKLA Unit 9 is all about Explorers and the Exploration of North America! Students will be learning about a different explorer through each lesson and we will finish out this unit with a Living Explorer Museum - you will receive information about this in the coming weeks!
Over the next two weeks, we will be preparing students for their first year of CMAS (Colorado Measures of Academic Success). These tests will take place April 14th-16th. Please be sure that your students are on time to school and that no appointments are scheduled for these 3 days! Keep an eye out for an email from me about CMAS Snack Sign Ups!
With Love,
Ms. Alvarez
Important Information:
- Please send your student to school with a filled water bottle as well as a couple healthy snacks for the day.
- Reminder that we are a TREE nut-free classroom.
- Colorado weather changes hourly, so please pack your student appropriate attire for the day.
- We will have PE every Thursday- and some Fridays. Please have your student wear tennis shoes for those days.
Upcoming:
4/11: Spirit Wear
4/14-4/16: CMAS Test Dates
4/18: Teacher Plan Day
4/21: DIBELs Testing
4/25: Free Dress of Choice
Homework:
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Math |
3 Digit x 1 Digit worksheet
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x
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Lesson 92 -
Circled Problems pg 563
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X |
ALL HW DUE
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| Reading |
Spelling 9.1
Fluency
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Fluency &
Spelling
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Fluency & Spelling
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Fluency & Spelling |
ALL HW DUE
Spelling Test 9.1
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Language Arts:
Students will be working on the following grammar concepts this week: Timed Writing Prompts, Linking Words, Multiple Meaning Words, and Prefixes pro-/anti-.
Homeroom Read Aloud: Holes by Louis Sachar
Reading:
Unit 9: Exploration of North America
There will be THREE total Spelling Tests for this Unit and an End of Unit Assessment. Students will be reading non-fiction chapters about Explorers while keeping an expedition log and an explorer chart on each explorers: motivations, interactions, and achievements.
Reading Skills: Comprehension, Cause and Effect, and 5 W's and 1 H Questions.
Foundational Skills: Fluency and Non-Sense Words
CKLA Read Aloud: The Age of Exploration
Spelling: /ue/ sound with Spellings: 'u_e' and 'u'
Math:
Section 10 Lessons 91-94:
3 digit by 1 digit Multiplication, Parenthesis, Estimating Products, and Compatible Numbers. As a reminder, all though we have concluded learning all of our multiplication facts, it's still important that students continue to practice these at home for speed and accuracy.
Students will receive Test 17 Corrections for HW next week!
History:
The Exploration of North America:
This week students will be learning about the following Explorers and concepts: Early Spanish Explorers (Columbus and Ponce de Leon), Hernando de Soto, El Dorado and Coronado, and Early Spanish Settlements.
Science:
If time allows, our next and final Science Unit will be Ecology!
SPECIALS Schedule:
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Mon | Spanish |
| Tues | Character Education | |
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Wed |
Library | |
| Thurs |
PE |
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| Fri | Spanish |
STEM Schedule:
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Red Week | STEM |
| Orange Week | Music | |
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Green Week |
Technology | |
| Blue Week |
Art |
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Daily Schedule - 3rd Grade
| Time | Subject |
| 8:00 - 8:20 | Morning Work and Meeting |
| 8:20 - 9:00 | CKLA Knowledge & Writing (Homeroom) |
| 9:00 - 9:25 | WIN |
| 9:30 - 10:25 | CKLA Skills (In Skills Group Classes) |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Specials |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Lunch |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | Recess |
| 12:05 - 12:35 | Math (In Skills Group Classes) |
| 12:40 - 1:25 | STEAM |
| 1:30 - 2:00 | Math (In Skills Group Classes) |
| 2:05 - 2:20 | Recess/Snack |
| 2:25 - 3:20 | History/Science (Homeroom) |
| 3:25 - 3:30 | Pack-Up and Dismissal |
Meet Ms. Lauren Alvarez
I am so excited to be back at Aspen View Academy! This is my 5th year of teaching, and my 4th year at AVA! I love this school, our students, and the community so much! I received my bachelors degree in Elementary Education and my masters in Elementary Education both at the University of Northern Colorado.
I love being a teacher, and I am so happy that I am in the classroom with your students, it truly is my happy place! I care about the well-being of your students, and strive to create a learning experience where every student can succeed to the best of their abilities.
I am here to support you to help support your students and at any point, please reach out to me to help ensure the success of your student. I'm looking forward to the GROOVIEST year, yet!!
