DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM A Dewey Decimal PowerPoint Presentation by Vickie Holmes October 10, 2012.

INTRODUCING DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM

A Dewey Decimal PowerPoint Presentation by Vickie HolmesOctober 10, 2012

STANDARDSELA3W2 – The student writes in a variety of

genres, including narrative, informational, persuasive, & response to literature.

The student produces informational writing that:

(f) Uses a variety of resources (encyclopedia, Internet, books) to research and share information on a topic.

ELA3R3 – The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text.

The student – (a) Reads a variety of texts for information and pleasure.

PURPOSEThis Impact on Student Learning

presentation is for a third grade class at J.D. Davis Elementary.

The purpose of this presentation is to introduce students to the Dewey Decimal Classification System and how to apply it in their learning.

How Do We Find Information?

Dewey Helps You Find Information!

Where would I find love poems?

Where can I find a book on Ireland?

VOCABULARYClassification – to arrange in groups

according to topics

Revolution – a complete change

Categories – a group within the classification

What or Who is Dewey?

Melvil Dewey

MELVIL DEWEYMelville Louis Kossuth Dewey was born on December

10, 1851 in New York state.

Melvil Dewey invented the Dewey Decimal Classification system when he was twenty-one years old.

This was a revolution in library science.

Melvil died after suffering a stroke on December 26, 1931 at the age of eighty.

We still use his system for classification today.

WHERE IS THE DEWEY NUMBER? The Dewey

number is locate located on the binding of

the book. The first three lett letters are of the author’s

last name.

800 Del

TEN DEWEY CATEGORIES000 Generalities100 Philosophy & Psychology200 Religion300 Social Sciences400 Languages500 Basic Sciences600 Applied Sciences700 The Arts800 Literature900 Geography, Biography, & History

000 – GENERALITIES

000 020030

060070

100 - PHILOSOPHYhttp://

130

150

170

http://www.amazon.com/Childs-Book-Values-Lesley-Wright/dp/0789465183/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348842091&sr=8-1&keywords=a+child's+book+of+value

200 - RELIGION

290220

300 – SOCIAL SCIENCES300

Social Issues

310Almanacs

320Government

330Money, Working

340Court System, Famous Trials

350Armed ForcesArmy, Navy,

Air Force, etc.

360Drugs, Environmental

Issues, Titanic, Police, Firefighters

370Schools

380Transportatio

n390

Holidays, Folktales, Fairy Tales

400 – LANGUAGES & GRAMMAR

450 Italian Language

460 Spanish Language

490 Hieroglyphics

, Japanese Language

430 German Language

440 French Language

410 Sign Language

420 Dictionaries,

Grammarhttp://library.muscogee.k12.ga.us/common/servlet/presenthomeform.do?l2m=Home&tm=Home&l2m=Home

500 – SCIENCE AND MATH

500

520

560

590 http://www.amazon.com/Where-Dinosaurs-Lets-Read-

600 – PEOPLE USING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Inventions600

Human Body,

Health610

Rockets, Trains, Cars,

Trucks,620

Farming, Farm

Animals, Pets630

Cookbooks, Sewing,

640

Secret Codes650

How Food is Made660

Paper Makin

g670

Woodworking

680

Building690

EXAMPLESMilitary Helicopters by R. J. Stephen: Dewey Number: 623.74

Dogs by Peggy Wratten:Dewey Number: 636

700 – ARTS & RECREATION

Art , Histor

y of Art710

Houses, Building

s,720

Origami, Paper Crafts,

730

Drawing, Crafts,

740

Painting,750

Printing760 Photograph

y,770

Music,

780

Sports, Games, Magic, I Spy, Camping, Fishing, Racing,

Hunting,790

800 - LITERATUREPoetry,810

810

820860 890

900 GEOGRAPHY & HISTORYFinally…Top of the morning to ye…941.5

Biographies 920

African Countries

960

Knights & Castles,

940

REVIEWShttp://

www.amazon.com/Best-Riddle-Book-Charles-Keller/dp/0806995467/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348843259&sr=8-1&keywords=Best+Riddle+Book+Ever

OverviewWhat do you see on a clear day in California? UCLA. What did they call kittens in the Old West? Posse Cats. What's a camel's favorite book? The Humpback of Notre Dame. Look no further to find hundreds of ways to make your friends bend over laughing (or in pain). A collection of over 500 riddles on many different subjects.

J. D. Davis Media CenterDinosaur Dances by Jane Yolen

Crossing the Delaware by Arlan Dean

811.54 - Yol

973.3 - Dea

DEWEY MATCH UP000 Generalities

100 Philosophy & Psychology

200 Religion

300 Social Sciences

400 Languages

500 Basic Sciences

600 Applied Sciences

700 The Arts

800 Literature

900 Geography, Biography, & History

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