Welcome to 4th grade!
My name is Colleen Celiberti and I am a proud 4th grade teacher and Assistant to the Principal at Our Lady of Lourdes. I attended Saint Joseph's University where I recieved my Bachelors and Masters in Elementary and Special Education. Most recently, I have recieved my Masters in Educational Leadership at Fordham University.
Teaching has always been my passion and working with the families and students at OLL has truly been a blessing. With my experience at OLL, I have been able to provide direct instruction through strategies that meets the varied learning abilities of my students. Being able to provide a learning environment that is engaging yet stimulating allows for a productive, fun school day for my students.
Favorite quote: "Believe you can, and you are half way there."- Thedore Roosevelt
Favorite saint: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Favorite Bible verse: "I can do everything through him who gives me strength." Philippians 4:13
In ELA, we are engaging in a balanced approach to improve our reading and writing skills. We complete novel studies, strengthen vocabulary strategies and improve our writing to become strong ELA learners.
Math consists of building a strong foundation of multiplication and division facts. With mastery of these concepts along with the building of new ideas such as fractions and two-step word problems our students will grow to be independent Math learners.
Science and Social Studies are filled with hands on activities ans STREAM projects continusually enhancing the curriculum through real life experiences.