HOW DE WEY DO?

HOW DE WEY DO?The scope of this PowerPoint is to provide a clear understanding of the Media Center for middle school students and how to make it work for themAll books have a place in the Media Center Lets see how important this is for us to know Click meClick me

Pre /Post testOften times middle school students dont believe presentations are fun or necessary. This slide will have a pretest in which students probably wont know half of the answers and this will prompt them to have to pay attention to the rest2Categorizing Books 101Books are placed into two categories: Fiction and Nonfiction

What does fiction and nonfiction mean?

What is an example of each?

Since this is for middle school students they should be able to answer these questions easily, if not give full definition: Fiction=not true/Nonfiction=truehttps://www.georgiastandards.org/Common-Core/Pages/TextComplexityRubrics.aspx is the website where texts are listed as part of the frameworks for ELA-fiction and non fiction3Categorizing books 102Call Numbers

Each book is assigned a number, letter or both numbers andletters. Based on theletters and/or numbersassigned to each book determines where it is shelved.

http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Basic/whatcn.htmCategorizing books 103Dewey Decimal Classification System

The DDC was developed by Melvil Dewey who, at the time, was a college student. He went on to create the first library school. His system is used in all libraries/Media Centers in order for anyone in any library or Media Center to be able to locate any book. Call numbers for non fiction books are arranged by ten different subjects, ranging from 000 900So what and how are the numbers and letters assigned to each book?62A9685LTMRH341QUThis will be a good slide to have students get into groups of three or four to briefly discuss what they really know or dont know6

People always asking us how de wey doWell were the library crew And this is how we do:When youre looking for a book, You have to know They have numbers attached So you know where to go. Triple zeros mean gen-er-ali-tiesAnd this includes computers and libraries100 is for phi-los-ophyOoooh witches and ghostsYeah theyre doing the most200 is for re-li-gi-onAll about what people believe-in300 is for social sci-en-cesFor all your issuesMoney, government, laws and alliances400 is for languageSpanish, French, German, ooh the anguish 500 is for science and mathFossils, mammals, division,Ooooh feel the wrath!Ok guys were almost done, 600 is gonna be the one!Technology!Engineering, cooking and utilities700, the arts, ooh yeahColors, drawing, painting, and photography800 is for lit-era-tureWriting, reading, plays, yeah this is for sure!900 is for geography and historyCountries and travelingLots of unraveling!Now no more asking how de wey do, Were the library crew and what works for usWill work for you! DEWEY

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After students listen to this rap, prompt conversation as to other ways they would get students to learn the DDC7Lets get started!

Dewey Decimal number000= Generalities such as : Research, facts, computersExplain to students the next slides will cover actual books they can find right here in the library8100= Philosophy and Psychology

200= Religion

300= Sociology and Anthropology

Book Reviewhttps://www.georgiastandards.org/Common-Core/Pages/ELA-6-8.aspx Georgia standards where emphasis is placed on nonfiction literary works11400= Dictionaries/Languages/Education

500= Math /Science/Astronomy

Book Review/Summary600= Technology/Medical Science

700= Art/Architecture/Paintings

800= Multicultural Literature

Book Review900= World History/Geography/Urban Legends

Got it now?Lets see

Call number order gameMatching Dewey Decimal numbersDewey trivia gameAs students are playing games in groups, ask for any comments about the presentation and answer any questions they may still have18BibliographyChilvers, I., Farr, D., Osborne,H. (1997).The Oxford Dictionary of Art. Oxford University Press.

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