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Amanda McCoy
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Redefining school librarianship by day; playing outside in the afternoons and summers; singing, acting, and dancing at night. Proud lifelong Midwesterner. she/her
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We learn so much by seeing how others identify and tackle problems in their spaces.

We also pitched participating in a panel as a lower pressure way to present; less heavy lifting than a solo presentation. We all have great things to share!
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Sometimes I fall into the trap of making up a story in my head that every student is going to just put all check marks down and “lie” saying they are finished. That consistently…does not happen. 😂

Thank you for helping me trust the students and the checklist!
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
For anyone interested, here’s the…
Worksheet: docs.google.com/presentation...

Slides: docs.google.com/presentation...
2nd Nonfiction Neighborhoods Intro
I can identify nonfiction neighborhoods.
docs.google.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It won our school-wide humor award two years ago before these firsties were even at our building. It was so fun to watch first time reactions again!
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Argh, sorry for your lack of attendance, but that is no reflection on how stellar (I’m certain) this presentation was!
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Love this mashup!
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Great work; it looks wonderful! Can’t wait to hear what your Ss think!
November 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It went even better in kindergarten! We had time to count our totals and go over which number was bigger and which was smaller. When we showed their T, she said “Were you listening in on our math lesson today?!? This matches perfectly!”
#TLSky
a man with glasses and a mustache is wearing a white shirt and saying score !
ALT: a man with glasses and a mustache is wearing a white shirt and saying score !
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November 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Yay hooray! Always glad when things can be helpful.

So curious about the call number on the nonfiction one…did you add “animal adaptations” to the call number?
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Not cool! 😡
#TLSky
October 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Fingers crossed so hard!
October 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
BOTH of your presentations look spectacular; break legs! 🎉
October 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
WHOA. That has got to be a weird feeling!
October 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Perhaps most entertaining is the student who took the opportunity to comment on our Scary section. 😂

#TLSky #SchoolLibraries
October 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This. Would. Be. Epic.
October 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM