Tom Benco

Physical Educator @ Snowden Farm Elementary School, Pittsburgh Steelers Fan, Disc Golfer, and SHAPE Maryland Elementary PE T.O.Y.

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@SFES_Principal @SnowdenFarm_SDT @US_OlympicSwim @MCPSPE Our 3rd Olympic Gold Medalist visit of the year in P.E. at our school!

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@AthletesForHope @MCPSHPE @MCPSPE @NWSL @theChicagoStars Thank u to Athletes for Hope and 2024 USA Gold Medal winning goalkeeper &current NWSL Chicago Stars player Alyssa Naeher 4joining us LIVE during PE today. Our S’s loved learning and interacting with you today. 😊⚽️

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@MCPSPE Giving ALL S’s a chance 2shine &get recognized. S’s worked in small teams 2self select content based activities from a choice board. Then they collaborated &voted 4each other as to which attribute they showed the most during the lesson &autographed the wall for all2see!

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I created trading for cards for kids to use as incentives during PE class for those moments when students go above and beyond..so far they are a hit!

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@MCPS Huge shoutout to our school system for hosting the MCPS Gala tonight to highlight all of the Teacher of the Year Award winners! Special shoutout to my wife Natalie who won the award at Wilson Wims Elementary!

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@MCPSPE @SHAPEAmerica @AthletesForHope @SnowdenFarm_SDT Thank you to Athletes for Hope for providing the opp’y for our S’s to interact live &answer questions with 2024 Olympic Gold Medalist & Track Superstar Gabby Thomas. Her insight on mental health awareness inspired all of us!

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Book Giveaway! 4 people will win their choice of either Coffee with the Custodian (coming soon) or Room 212 which has gotten rave reviews! Just retweet for a chance to win! Winners announced Sunday at 8pm.
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Need a small group station to showcase building critical thinking skills, spatial reasoning, & perseverance—all while having fun? S’s learn to experiment, problem solve, and see the math/ PE connection in a creative new way. Simple sticks, big learning!

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Book Giveaway! Just retweet for a chance to win a copy! The first (EduFable™) full narrative driven book for educators. 3 Winners will be announced Sunday @ 7PM
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The building blocks of PE-literally! Student choice is always important for our 3 &4 year old CAPP students. We worked on sorting colors with r foam building blocks, movements with beanbag animals, &letter recognition with r 3D floor letters. Everyone had fun including me!👍

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PE ProTip: Underhand Roll-Have S’s practice skill without a ball in partnerships giving specific feedback to each other, then have them practice with a ball of their choice, then allow them to design their own challenge using foam blocks—then have others try out their creations🤩

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Student discourse in PE. Put a prompt on the board, give 1 person from each team a talking chip. Once the person who has the chip answers, they give it 2the next teammate . Start with a 1word response prompt then ucan modify throughout the lesson/unit with higher level questions

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@WillCainShow my first job was cutting down and selling Christmas trees

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Grade 4 students practiced jumping for height at one of our learning centers. The students self select their level of challenge and try to snag a scarf from a pool noodle at the apex of their jump. I’m in the background cheering them on!!

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Organization is key! Just finished a huge project of creating assessment notebooks for all grades in PE. They are organized by individual grade levels and individual marking periods. A one stop shop 4using these master copies to easily create multiple copies for our students.

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Just rec’d my certificate 4my 100th design on Canva after creating this slide for our KidsHeartChallenge. I put r school logo on the shirts of students &created a scene that tried 2express how much fun they will be having this week as we celebrate our annual event. It was a hit!

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When S’s r injured out of school & have to sit out during the movement portion of PE they still stay actively engaged in our lessons by self selecting from over 30+activities in a workbook I created using Canva. They pull out a sheet they like, put in on a clipboard &fill it out.

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What a fantastic read around assessment in #physicaleducation done by @Down_with_PE here. I love that all your work has all the research behind it! Keep it up buddy! And this visual is 🔥 #physed https://t.co/ucvsqJaAwL

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Recently our students learned how to dribble and trap a ball with their feet. They used our PE alphabet word wall and our boxlight board as a tech resource to guide their instruction in addition to self selecting their own size/type of ball.

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S’s learned the basics of the underhand throw with teacher designed activities which included a timer, a GIF of the skill, cues, pictures, and learning objectives. Then—they created their own throwing challenges using the equipment from the previously learned games. Win-Win!