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Title: Understanding the Dewey Decimal System
Recommended Grade Level(s): 5-8
Goal(s): Students will be able to explain the reason for the Dewey Decimal System, how it works, and what types of books can be found within each section.
Materials: Smartboard, nonfiction books, lined paper, writing materials.
Introduction to the Topic: Show students various types of nonfiction books that are popular to the library. Ask them where to find them. When they point to the nonfiction section, tell them that you can show them exactly where the books are so that they can find them on their own.
Procedures:
Review the Dewey Decimal using Dewey and the Alien. To get this review,
click for the "Do We Really Know Dewey?" Website.
Work on a Dewey Decimal game as a class.Click for the Dewey Decimal game courtesy of the Bardonia Elementary School Library.
Click for the Dewey Decimal game courtesy of the Emerson, New Jersey School District.
Have students create a chart. Using paper, they will make one column for book titles, one for call numbers, and one for Dewey sections. Give each table a few nonfiction books and have them fill in the chart. They can then meet with another table and exchange information.
Assessment Options:
Students will show their charts.
Students can play another Dewey Decimal game as a class.
Create a Dewey Decimal Bingo Game.
Click to get a Bingo Card Generator.
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