Dewey Decimal System 5 th Grade What is

Dewey Decimal System 5 th Grade

What is the Dewey Decimal System? A way to organize books into groups or categories Invented in 1876 by Melvil Dewey, a teacher and librarian To find a book, we use the Library Catalog to look up a book’s call number

10 General Categories (+1 specific category) 000 s 600 s 100 s 200 s 700 s 800 s 300 s 400 s 900 s 500 s 92 s Let’s sort this out

000 s – General Works Books that fit in this group have many different subjects in them, like… Computers How books are made The Internet This is also where books about unexplained subjects are found, such as… Ghosts UFOs Loch Ness Monster Bigfoot

100 s – Philosophy Books in this group are about how we think and feel. Dealing with loss How to be friends Making good choices

200 s – Religion These books are about all different religions and stories from the Bible. Judaism Noah’s Ark Islam Christianity

300 s – Social Studies Books in this section tell about how people live together and include… Holidays Government Military Customs Fairy tales and folk tales are in this section because many were originally written to teach a lesson about behavior.

400 s – Language These books are about different languages and grammar. Japanese German French Punctuation Nouns Verbs These are not books written in different languages, these are books about different languages.

500 s – Science Books in this section are about things from nature. Planets Rocks and Minerals Wild Animals Dinosaurs Weather Insects

600 s – Technology These books are about things that are man-made. Cars and Motorcycles Pets Construction Food & Farming Airplanes and Rockets

700 s – Art & Recreation These are the books about things we do for fun. Football How-to-Draw Baseball Painting Music Fishing

800 s – Literature These are books of stories, plays and poetry. Riddles and Jokes Songs Essays Speeches Poetry We have too many fiction books to put here, so they get their own section in the Library.

900 s – History & Geography Books in this section are about events from the past, states in the US and countries of the world. Wars Ancient Civilizations US States and Cities US Symbols Foreign Countries

92 s – Biographies These are books about famous people. Ronald Reagan Eli Manning Michael Jackson Pocahontas Ben Franklin Thomas Edison

Dewey Scavenger Hunt #1 Where would you find a book about golf? 92’s 700’s 300’s 900’s

Dewey Scavenger Hunt #2 Books about Virginia would be in which section? 100’s 900’s 300’s 500’s

Dewey Scavenger Hunt #3 Where would you find a book about the Loch Ness Monster? 600’s 800’s 92’s 000’s

Dewey Scavenger Hunt #4 If I want to read Cinderella, where should I look? 000’s 700’s 300’s 400’s

Dewey Scavenger Hunt #5 Where would you find a book about artist and inventor Leonardo Da. Vinci? 92’s 600’s 700’s 900’s

What did we learn? • The Dewey Decimal System is a way to organize books into groups or categories • Each category is numbered to make it easier to find books in the library • The LIBRARY CATALOG is where we find the call number for the book Now go find your book!

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