Created by:

Erin Carr

MEDT6463 – Fall 2012

Dewey, Dewey!!

Please make sure you have taken the Dewey

Decimal Pretest

This power point is designed to provide basic knowledge of the Dewey Decimal System to third grade students at Katherine B. Sutton Elementary School in Forsyth, Georgia.

A pretest will assess students prior knowledge of Dewey before teaching and a post test will be administered to assess learning.

Scope

American librarian and educatorFounder of the American Library Association

and The Library JournalCreated the Dewey Decimal Classification

System to arrange books in librariesMember of the American Library Association’s

Hall of Fame

Who was Melvil Dewey?

DDC is a dynamic structure for organizing library collections (OCLC, nd)

Offers consistency between librariesAll knowledge is divided into ten main

categories or classes (Let’s Do Dewey, nd)Our school library uses the Dewey Decimal

System to classify all non-fiction books.The number assigned to each book is like its

address, it is how we find it in the library. We call these numbers call numbers.

So, what is the Dewey Decimal Classification

System?

*This is what a call number looks like on a book.

*Call numbers are usually on the spine of books.

Where do you find a call number?

This student found a book about Great

Danes.

He located the call number on the

spine of the book.

This book’s call number (its

address) is in the 600s, but

what does that mean?

000 - Computer science, information & general works

100 - Philosophy & psychology200 – Religion300 – Social sciences400 – Language500 – Science600 – Technology700 – Arts & recreation800 – Literature900 – History & geography

Ten Main Classes of Dewey

000

In the 000s, we find books on computer science, information, and general works. All of these

books give us information on a variety of topics.

100

200

300

http://www.amazon.com/March-On-Brother-Martin-Changed/dp/B005DI8ZXS

400

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822590255/ref=asc_df_08225902552251142?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=pg-1583-100-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395097&creativeASIN=0822590255

500

600

700

800

http://www.amazon.com/Pizza-Size-Sun-Jack-Prelutsky/dp/0688132359/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352006881&sr=1-1&keywords=a+pizza+the+size+of+the+sun

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/jokelopedia-ilana-weitzman/1008889389

900

So, besides providing another resource for learning language skills and helping us find books about the key people we need to learn about, how does the Dewey Decimal Classification System relate to what you need to learn in 3rd grade? ELACC3W7: Conduct short research projects that build knowledge

about a topic. ELACC3W8: Recall information from experience or gather information

from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort

evidence into provided categories ELACC3SL4: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an

experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.

https://www.georgiastandards.org/Common-Core/Common%20Core%20Frameworks/CCGPS_ELA_Grade3_Standards.pdf

CCGPS

000 - Computer science, information & general works100 - Philosophy & psychology200 – Religion300 – Social sciences400 – Language500 – Science600 – Technology700 – Arts & recreation800 – Literature900 – History & geography

Now it’s time to see what you have learned…

Benhuhm, T. (2009). Wind Power. Pleasantville: Weekly Reader Books.Blank, E. (2000). Jokelopedia: The Biggest, Best, Silliest, Dumbest Joke Book Ever. New York: Workman Publishing.Bowden, B. (2004). The Nile. New York: Raintree.Brinkerhoff, S. (2003). Psychologist. Broomall, Pennsylvania: Mason Crest Publishers.Canfield, J. (2006). Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul 2. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc.Cleary, B. (2006). Stop and Go, Yes and No: What is an Antonym? Minneapolis: Millbrook Press.

Colby, C. (2006). Scary Stories for Sleepovers. New York: Sterling Publishing Co.Cole, J. (2006). The Magic School Bus and the Science Fair Expedition. New York: Scholastic.Curlee, L. (2005). Ballpark: The Story of America's Baseball Fields. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks.Dahl, R. (1993). The BFG: A Set of Plays. New York: Puffin.D'Aulaire's, I. (1962). Book of Greek Myths. New York: Delacorte Press.Eagen, R. (2007). Nascar. New York: Crabtree Publishing.

References – Book covers

Farris, C. K. (2008). March On!: The day my brother Matrin changed the world. New York: Scholastic.Ganeri, M. (2008). Christian prayer and worship. Minnesota: Sea-to-sea Publications.Hamilton, J. (2005). Magazines. Minnesota: ABDO Publishing.Hellweg, P. (1997). The American Heritage Children's Thesaurus. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.Hudak, H. (2007). Election Day. New York: Weigl Publishers, Inc. .Hull, R. (2007). Religion and the gods. Minnesota: Sea-to-Sea Publications.Jones, J. (2007). Gymnastics Competitions on Your Way to Victory. Mankota:

Capstone Press.Kay, V. (2007). Rough, Tough Charley. Berkley: Tricycle Press.Keller, K. (2005). Courage. Minnesota: Capstone Press.Kids, T. f. (2006). Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World. New York: HarperCollins.L, & ingel, C. (2008). Go Fly A Kite! And Other Sayings We Don't Really Mean.

Mankato: The Child's World.Linde, B. (2007). Managing Your Money: Understanding Math Operations Involving Decimals and Integers. New York: PowerKids Press.Matthews, R. (2008). You wouldn't want to be a Mayan soothsayer! Fortunes You'd Rather Note Tell. New York: Scholastic.

References – Book covers, con’t

Middleton, H. (2008). Modern Olympic Games. Chicago: Heinemann Library.

Morrison, T. (n.d.). Wildfire. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Murdoch, D. (1993). Cowboy. New York: DK Publishing.

Oxlade, C. (2006). Dams. Chicago: Heinemann Library.

Prelutsky, J. (1994). A Pizza the Size of the Sun. New York: Greenwillow.

Reeves, D. (2007). Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Music and Dance. New York: Ferguson.

Romanek, T. (2006). Squirt: The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read About Blood. Tonawanda: Kids Can Press.

Roza, G. (2007). The Hoover Dam. New York: Powerkids Press.

Sadler, W. (2006). Sound: Listen Up! Chicago: Raintree.

Silverstein, S. (1974). Where the Sidewalk Ends. New York: HarperCollins.

Stone, T. (2002). Saturn. Tarrytown: Benchmark Books.

Terban, M. (1987). Mad As A Wet Hen! And Other Funny Idioms. New York: Clarion Books.

Wallace, H. (2001). The Mystery of the Abominable Snowman. Chicago: Heinemann Library.

References – Book covers, con’t

Who is Dewey. (n.d.) In Wikipedia. Retrieved October 29, 2012 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvil_Dewey

OCLC. (n.d.). Dewey Services at a glance. Retrieved October 20, 2012 from http://www.oclc.org/dewey/about/default.htm

Let’s Do Dewey. (n.d.). The Dewey Decimal Classification. Retrieved October 30, 2012 from http://frank.mtsu.edu/~vvesper/dewey2.htm

GPS retrieved from: https://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Georgia%20Performance%20Standards/Gr3%20Social%20Studies%20Stds%202009-2010%205-27-08.pdfCCGPS retrieved from: https://extranet.georgiastandards.org/Common-Core/Common%20Core%20Frameworks/CCGPS_ELA_Grade3_Standards.pdf

Other references

Happy Books [Photograph]. Retrieved November 2, 2012, from http://cdn.mhpbooks.com/uploads/2012/07/happy-books1.jpgDewey Duck [Photograph]. Retrieved November 2, 2012, from http://ebid.s3.amazonaws.com/upload_big/8/8/2/1269345459-15379-0.jpgMelvil Dewey [Photograph]. Retrieved November 2, 2012, from http://www.kidcyber.com.au/IMAGES/dewey.jpgCall number sample picture [Photograph]. Retrieved November 2, 2012, from http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Basic/img19.gifSpine picture [Photograph]. Retrieved November 2, 2012, from http://lionil.uccs.edu/graphics/pictures/callnumbers.jpgPile of books [Photograph]. Retrieved November 2, 2012, from http://www.ibiblio.org/wlp/3-21-donated_books.gifOrganized books [Photograph]. Retrieved November 2, 2012, from

http://media.thespec.com/images/1b/78/3974360b4bc7a547e8713ccd452d.jpeg

References - Images