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Dewey!
What’s with all those numbers?
678.95
430.98298
730
320.08
843.879
935
594.3567
543.654
A Dewey Decimal PowerPoint Presentation for grades 3-5: by Melissa Campbell
What’s the Point?
The purpose of this presentation is to help third, fourth, and fifth grade students better understand how
utilize the Dewey Decimal numbers on books to navigate Peachtree
Elementary media center shelves. Through better understanding
students can begin to unlock the knowledge of nonfiction.
Who is Dewey?
Melvil Dewey
How can I make finding non-fiction books easier and
faster? Why don’t I use subjects and
numbers!
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Anything Else?
• Melvil Dewey was one of the greatest librarians of all time.
• He created The Dewey System in 1876
• It has been around for a REALLY long time and we still use it today!
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• Dewey grouped books by subject • Giving each subject a different classification
number• This way books on a similar topic are grouped
together on the shelf!
10 Groups
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Where do I find the Dewey Number?
Call Number
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000’s Generalities
Encyclopedias, General Reference Works, Computers, Newspapers,
Magazines
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031
100’s Philosophy and Psychology
152.47VER
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179.9LOE
200’s Religion and Mythology
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292.211McC
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232.96WIL
300’s Social Sciences
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370.19342
COL
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398.2VAL
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388.3410973ISA
400’s Language
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419SUL
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428.2CLE
500’s Natural Science and Math
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516NEU
600’s Technology
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600BRI
612.8CAS
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700’s Arts and Recreation
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796.48OSB
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743.89629046
AME
800’s Literature
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813.54BOU
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WES
900’s Geography and History
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973.33709755423
DRA
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938HAT
Where Will Dewey Take You First?
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Learn More About Dewey and Test your Dewey Knowledge
http://www.thrall.org/dewey/index.htm
Each group has a set of books at your table and a set of Dewey categories.
See if you can match each book to the correct Dewey Category!
References
(2009). The new children's encyclopedia. New York: DK Publishing.
Ames, L. J. (2012). Draw 50 vehicles: The step-by-step way to draw speedboats, spaceships, fire trucks, and many more... New York: Watson-Guptill.
Bridgeman, F. (1999). Eyewitness: Technology. New York: DK Publishing.
Can you do the Dewey? (2009). Retrieved November 1, 2012, from http://www.thrall.org/dewey/index.htm
Carrick, C. (1995). Valentine. New York: Clarion Books.
Cleary, B. P. (2005). Dearly, nearly, insincerely: What is an adverb? Minneapolis: First Avenue Editions.
Coles, R. (2010). The story of Ruby Bridges. New York: Scholastic Paperbacks.
Common Core Georgia Performance Standards. (2011). English language arts. Retrieved November 1, 2012, from https://www.georgiastandards.org/Common-Core/Pages/default.aspx
Dewey Browser. (n. d.). Retrieved November 1, 2012, from http://deweybrowser.oclc.org/ddcbrowser2
Dewey decimal for kids. (2008). Retrieved November 1, 2012, from http://www.breitlinks.com/dewey_for_kids.htm#PopularTopics
References
Dewey decimal system at pppst.com. (n. d.). Retrieved November 1, 2012, from http://languagearts.pppst.com/deweydecimals.html
Draper, A. S. (2003). The end of the American Revolutionary War: The colonists defeat the British at Yorktown: Headlines from history. New York: PowerKids Press.
Georgia Performance Standards .(2011). Science/Social studies. Retrieved November 1, 2012, from https://www.georgiastandards.org/standards/Pages/BrowseStandards/BrowseGPS.aspx
Guiberson, B. Z. (2000). Into the sea. New York: Square Fish.
Hatt, C. (2004). Ancient Greece: Excavating the past. Mankato: Heinemann-Raintree.
Isaacs, S. S. (2004). Stagecoaches and the pony express: American adventure. Portsmouth: Heinemann Library.
Loewen, N. (2006). Treat me right. Kids talk about respect. Bloomington: Picture Window Books.
Meet Melvil. (n. d.). Retrieved November 1, 2012, from http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Melvil/melvil.htm
McCaughrean, G. (1998). Greek god and goddesses. New York: Margaret K. McElderry.
Neuschwander, C. (1999). Sir cumference and the first round table: A math adventure. Watertown: Charlesbridge Pub Inc.
References
Osborne, M. P., Boyce, N. P. (2004). Magic tree house fact tracker #10: Ancient Greece and the Olympics. New York: Random House Books for Young Readers.
Sullivan, M. B. (1985). A show of hands: Say it in sign language. New York: Trophy Pr.
Valrui, C. (2004). Thumbelina/ pulgarcita. San Fransico: Chronicle Books.
Verdick, E. (2003). How to take the grrrr out of anger. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing.
West, C. (1988). The king’s toothache. New York: Lippincott.
Wildsmith, B. (2000). The Easter story. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.
Graphic Sources
All book covers are retrieved from Amazon.com
Clarity Digital Group LLC. (2012). Examiner. Retrieved November 1, 2012, from http://www.examiner.com
iwork4school (n. d.). Retrieved November 1, 2012, from http://www.iwork4school.com
JHHS Library Media Center (2008). Retrieved November 1, 2012, from http://library.jhhsbroncs.com
Ricochet (2012). Retrieved November 1, 2012 from http://ricochet.com
Shelton Public School (2012). Retrieved November 1, 2012, from http://www.sheltonpublicschools.org
Pre/Post Test• What does non-fiction mean?• Where is the non-fiction section of the Media
Center?• Are the books in the non-fiction section
organized a certain way?• What do the numbers on the spine of the
books mean? Do you know what we call those numbers?
• Who came up with the number system used in the nonfiction section?
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