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) 000s 100s 200s 300s 400s 500s 600s 700s 800s 900s 92s Let’s sort this out
000s – General Works Books that fit in this group have many different subjects in them, like… How books are made This is also where books about unexplained subjects are found, such as… Loch Ness Monster Bigfoot UFOs Ghosts The Internet Computers
100s – Philosophy Books in this group are about how we think and feel. Dealing with loss Making good choices How to be friends
200s – Religion These books are about all different religions and stories from the Bible. Judaism Christianity Islam Noah’s Ark
300s – Social Studies Books in this section tell about how people live together and include… Holidays Fairy tales and folk tales are in this section because many were originally written to teach a lesson about behavior. Customs Government Military
400s – Language These books are about different languages and grammar. These are not books written in different languages, these are books about different languages. Japanese French German Punctuation Nouns Verbs
500s – Math & Science Books in this section are about things from nature. Planets Wild Animals Rocks and Minerals Weather Dinosaurs Fractions
600s – Technology These books are about things that are man-made. Cars and Motorcycles Pets Construction Food & Farming Airplanes and Rockets
700s – Art & Recreation These are the books about things we do for fun. Football Baseball How-to-Draw Painting Music Fishing
800s – Literature These are books of stories, plays and poetry. We have too many fiction books to put here, so they get their own section in the Library. Songs Riddles and Jokes Poetry Speeches Essays
900s – 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
92s – Biographies These are books about famous people. Ronald Reagan Eli Manning Pocahontas Ben Franklin Michael Jackson Thomas Edison
Dewey Scavenger Hunt #1 Where would you find a book about golf? 92’s700’s300’s900’s
Dewey Scavenger Hunt #2 Books about Virginia would be in which section? 100’s900’s500’s300’s
Dewey Scavenger Hunt #3 Where would you find a book about the Loch Ness Monster? 600’s000’s92’s800’s
Dewey Scavenger Hunt #4 If I want to read Cinderella, where should I look? 400’s300’s000’s700’s
Dewey Scavenger Hunt #5 Where would you find a book about artist and inventor Leonardo DaVinci? 600’s92’s900’s700’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 weLIBRARY CATALOG find the call number for the book Now go find your book!
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