Scope: This lesson can be used with middle school or high school students to aide them in finding information readily according to Dewey Class and understanding.

What are the Ten Classes of the

Dewey Decimal System?

I want to find books in the library faster!!

Scope:This lesson can be used with middle school or high school students to aide them in finding information readily according to Dewey Class and understanding the use of call numbers in organizing the library.

What & where is the call number?A call number is a number and letters assigned to books in the library, which allow for an organized way to shelve and locate titles. John Dewey created the Dewey Decimal System of assigning call numbers.

Look at this book.The call number is 005.7 WOL The numbers are assigned based on the topic of the book, and the letters are the first three letters of the author’s last name.

You can find the call number on the front cover, and on the spine of the book.

Meeting the Standards:Why should we read across the classes of Dewey?

• S6CS10. S7CS10. S8CS10Students will enhance reading in all curriculum areas by:• a. Reading in All Curriculum Areas• Read a minimum of 25 grade-level appropriate books per year from a variety subject disciplines and

participate in discussions related to curricular learning all areas• Read both informational and fictional texts in a variety of genres and modes of• discourse• Read technical texts related to various subject areas• b. Discussing books• Discuss messages and themes from books in all subject areas.• Respond to a variety of texts in multiple modes of discourse.• Relate messages and themes from one subject area to messages and themes in• another area.• Evaluate the merit of texts in every subject discipline.• Examine author’s purpose in writing.• Recognize the features of disciplinary texts.• c. Building vocabulary knowledge• Demonstrate an understanding of contextual vocabulary in various subjects.• Use content vocabulary in writing and speaking.• Explore understanding of new words found in subject area texts.

The library’s Dewey Decimal System of organization sorts

books in the library into 10 main classes.

Let’s learn a super little device for remembering Dewey’s 10!

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ShoesAND Sing TunesAbout Rainbows,

Leprechauns, and

Heaps of Gold

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000sComputer Science, Information, and General Works

000s

Read reviews for each title from School Library Journal on Amazon.com! Click the covers.

Come prance in really sparkly little shoes and sing tunes about rainbows, leprechauns and heaps of gold.

100sPhilosophy and Psychology

100s

Read reviews for each title from School Library Journal on Amazon.com! Click the covers.

Come prance in really sparkly little shoes and sing tunes about rainbows, leprechauns and heaps of gold.

200s Religion

200s

Read reviews for this title from School Library Journal and Booklist on Amazon.com! Click the cover.

Come prance in really sparkly little shoes and sing tunes about rainbows, leprechauns and heaps of gold.

300sSocial Sciences

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7th grade GPS

8th grade GPS

300s

Read a review for this title from School Library Journal on Amazon.com! Click the cover.

Come prance in really sparkly little shoes and sing tunes about rainbows, leprechauns and heaps of gold.

400sLanguage

400s

Read reviews for this title from School Library Journal and Kirkus on Amazon.com! Click the cover.

Come prance in really sparkly little shoes and sing tunes about rainbows, leprechauns and heaps of gold.

500sScience

6th grade GPS

7th grade GPS

8th grade GPS

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500s

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600s Applied Science & Technology

600s

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700s Arts and RecreationMusic, art, dance, and all things fun!

700s

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800s Literature

800s

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900s History and Geography6th grade GPS

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7th grade GPS

8th grade GPS

900s

In which Dewey classes would these topics go? (You can use your card.)

• How to Play Basketball• Poetry• Ocean Animals• Planes• God and Angels• Landforms of the U.S.• Dreams

• Arts and Recreation 700s• Literature 800s• Science 500s• Appl Science & Tech 600s• Religion 200s• History & Geography

900s• Philosophy & Psychology

100s

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Prance in

Really

Sparkly

Little

Shoes

And Sing Tunes

About Rainbows

Leprechauns and

Heaps of Gold

000 Computer Science & General

100 Psychology & Philosophy

200 Religion

300 Social Sciences

400 Languages

500 Science

600 Applied Science & Technology

700 Arts & Recreation

800 Literature

900 History & Geography

Bibliography

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Clark, C. Islam (religions of the world). San Diego: Lucent, 2004.

Crossingham, J. Extreme skateboarding : extreme sports no limits! New York: Crabtree, 2003.

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