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

Joined March 2012
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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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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. amazon.com/Room-212-Teacher-… amazon.com/Coffee-Custodian-…
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5 Dec 2025
Need a small group station to showcase building critical thinking skills, spatial reasoning, & perseveranceβ€”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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8 Nov 2025
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!πŸ‘
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6 Nov 2025
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 blocksβ€”then have others try out their creations🀩
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19 Sep 2025
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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21 Feb 2025
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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11 Feb 2025
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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11 Feb 2025
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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11 Feb 2025
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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Tom Benco retweeted
29 Jun 2023
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 πŸ”₯ #physed downwithpe.ca/post/assessmen…
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22 Nov 2024
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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22 Nov 2024
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. Thenβ€”they created their own throwing challenges using the equipment from the previously learned games. Win-Win!
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Tom Benco retweeted
Congrats to Snowden Farm ES, Sherwood HS, Redland MS, and Burtonsville ES on earning the 2024 America's Healthiest School Award! #mcpsstaffwellness @SFES_Principal @BurtonsvilleES @RedlandPrin @OfficeSherwood
JUST ANNOUNCED: 879 schools across 30 states earned a spot on our 2024 list of America’s #HealthiestSchools! πŸŽ‰πŸ“šπŸ’ͺ Find out which schools made the list at healthiestschools.org.
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The great thing about having teachers with different talents, passions, and even personalities is that they all reach students that someone may not be able to reach. Celebrate the greatness every educator brings!
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28 Mar 2024
Our students are not only learning about dances from around the world but they are also using teamwork, collaboration, and synergy to create their own movement with music experiences! Self-expression is an important and valuable part of our program πŸ˜ƒ
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Tom Benco retweeted
Congratulations to both JV and Varsity, they are the Winter 2024 County Champions! So proud of their hard work and dedication. And to our Seniors, thank you for leading the way. We love you all β€οΈπŸ–€
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Tom Benco retweeted
We are your 3A STATE CHAMPIONS!!! These amazing girls came out and did it!! What an absolutely amazing season! County Champs, Regionals Champs, and STATE CHAMPS!! Thank you all for coming out and supporting us!! We love you! ❀️
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9 Nov 2023
I started to create PE trading cards to hand out to our students as incentives. They are a hit! Here are a few examples of some of their favorite cards to try and earn :) I took pictures of some of our equipment and jazzed them up using Giphy and Canva.
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