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:

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

http://www.amazon.com/The-New-Childrens-Encyclopedia-Publishing/dp/0756651972/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352156744&sr=8-1&keywords=kids+encyclopedia

100’s Philosophy and Psychology

152.47VER

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179.9LOE

http://www.amazon.com/Take-Grrrr-Anger-Laugh-Learn/dp/1575421178/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352232864&sr=1-1&keywords=How+to+take+the+grrrr+out+of+anger

http://www.amazon.com/Treat-Me-Right-About-Respect/dp/140480367X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352233282&sr=1-1&keywords=Treat+me+right!+:+kids+talk+about+respect

200’s Religion and Mythology


292.211McC


232.96WIL

http://www.amazon.com/Greek-Gods-Goddesses-Geraldine-McCaughrean/dp/0689820844/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352233931&sr=1-1&keywords=Greek+gods+and+goddesses

http://www.amazon.com/Easter-Story-Brian-Wildsmith/dp/0802851894/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352234132&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Easter+story

300’s Social Sciences


370.19342

COL


398.2VAL


388.3410973ISA

http://www.amazon.com/Story-Ruby-Bridges-Special-Anniversary/dp/0439472261/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352234497&sr=1-1&keywords=The+story+of+Ruby+Bridges

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/758776.Thumbelina_Pulgarcita

400’s Language


419SUL


428.2CLE

http://books.google.com/books/about/Dearly_Nearly_Insincerely.html?id=1kfjwqvR4kIC

500’s Natural Science and Math

Image from www.amazon.com597.92GUI


516NEU

http://www.amazon.com/Into-Sea-Brenda-Z-Guiberson/dp/0805064818/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352237848&sr=8-1&keywords=Into+the+sea

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/240220.Sir_Cumference

600’s Technology


600BRI

612.8CAS


http://www.amazon.com/Eyewitness-Technology-Roger-Bridgman/dp/0789448874/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352238644&sr=1-1&keywords=Technology+Bridgman,+Roger+Francis

700’s Arts and Recreation


796.48OSB


743.89629046

AME

http://en.libooki.com/book/ancient-greece-and-the-olympics-a-nonfiction-companion-to-hour

800’s Literature


813.54BOU

Image from www.amazon.com823.914

WES

http://www.amazon.com/Valentine-Carol-Carrick/dp/039566554X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352239989&sr=1-1&keywords=Valentine+Carrick,+Carol

http://www.amazon.com/kings-toothache-Colin-West/dp/0397322518/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352240188&sr=1-1&keywords=The+king's+toothache

900’s Geography and History


973.33709755423

DRA


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?

Documents

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: