Lisa WilbanksGum Springs Elementary School

These lessons are intended for students in grades 3-5 Lesson 1: Pretest and Dewey Decimal

Classification PowerPoint

Lesson 2: Students will work with a partner in one of the 10 main classifications. They will choose to:

Create a rhyme to help their peers remember the section Create a movement to help their peers remember the section Create an illustration to help their peers remember the section

Lesson 3: Play Dewey Games linked in PowerPoint

Lesson 4: Posttest

What if you had a large pile of books? How could you organize them? How would you make sure you can find the

exact book you need whenever you need it?

Back in 1872, One very smart man figured out a way to organize thousands of books. His name was…

He created the Dewey Decimal Classification when he was 21 years old!

Before Dewey invented his system of classification, each library organized their materials in their own way. Usually onlythe librarian was able to find specific materials.

The Dewey Decimal system is composed of 10 main categories.

Every book subject is assigned a number between 000 and 999.

This number is called the Call Number. The call number appears on the spine of the

book.

Call Number

Encyclopedias

Newspapers Almanacs Computers

Feelings Making Friends Superstitions Death & Dying Logic Optical Illusions

Bible Stories Christianity Judaism Islam Buddhism Other world

religions Mythology

Careers Customs Families Folktales Law &

Government Money Holiday

Chinese English French German Spanish Sign Language Italian Japanese Other Languages Dictionaries on any

Language

Animals Chemistry Dinosaurs Rocks & Minerals Insects Plants Planets Math Weather Volcanoes Earthquakes

Computers Cookbooks Farming Health Human Body Inventions Nutrition Engineering Transportation

Architecture Crafts Drawing Games Jokes Music Songbooks Sports Dance Theater

Children’s Literature Plays Poetry Writing Shakespeare

Biographies Countries Native Americans States Travel Wars Historical Events

000 – General Reference100 - Philosophy & Psychology200 – Religion300 – Social Sciences400 – Language500 – Science600 – Technology700 – Arts & Recreation800 – Literature900 – History & Geography

000 – General Reference100 - Philosophy & Psychology200 – Religion300 – Social Sciences400 – Language500 – Science600 – Technology700 – Arts & Recreation800 – Literature900 – History & Geography

Quia - Dewey Games

Study Stack – Dewy Games

Dueling Dewey Card Game

Dewey Games Directions

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