2. TOPICS  Spine Labels  Fiction and Nonfiction  What is the Dewey Decimal System?  Who created the Dewey Decimal System?  Subject Classifications  Dewey Rap video  Dewey Concentration Game  Dewey Quiz  Dewey Web Quest QUIT

3. SPINE LABELS  Spine labels - White labels on the spine of the book  Call Numbers – Letters or numbers on the spine label FIC ROW E PAL 398.2 MAR REF 031 GUI QUIT

4. What is the Dewey Decimal System? It is an organizational system for books so that we can keep the books in order by subjects. It assigns Dewey Decimal Numbers to Non-Fiction books only. This keeps all the books about dinosaurs, or the weather or arts and crafts together. QUIT

5. FICTION & NON-FICTION Fiction books are stories that are created by the author. They may have some realistic persons, places, or events in the story, but the majority is from the author’s imagination Non-Fiction are factual books. They contain information that is true/factual about people, places, events, and things such as history, geography, arts and crafts, sharks, weather or even dinosaurs. QUIT

6. Who created the Dewey System? Melville Dewey created this system in 1876. To know a little more about click here on his picture QUIT

7. Dewey Subject’s Click on the Blue Dewey Bulls-eye for the listing. QUIT

8. The Dewey Rap Click on the Rapper Duck to watch the Dewey Rap Video! QUIT

9. DEWEY GAMES Click on the Book and play the games! QUIT

10. The Dewey Quiz! Books that are true or contain factual informational are what types of books? Click on the book to answer. Non-Fiction Fiction QUIT

11. CORRECT!!! QUIT

12. SORRY! TRY AGAIN! Click on the Unhappy Face QUIT

13. Dewey Web quest Click on Dewey to do the web quest. QUIT

14. RESOURCES Dewey Decimal Games: http://li.cusd220.lake.k12.il.us/library/DeweyDecimalGames.htm http://li.cusd220.lake.k12.il.us/library/DeweyDecimalGames.htm Kids Guide to the Dewey Decimal System: http://www.scottpublib.org/dragon/Dewey.html http://www.scottpublib.org/dragon/Dewey.html Dewey Rap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHiUQb5xg7Ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHiUQb5xg7A Dewey Web Quest: Book Disaster or Dewey “SWAT” Team to the Rescue: http://www.longmeadow.k12.ma.us/ws/dewey/http://www.longmeadow.k12.ma.us/ws/dewey/ “Do We” Really Know Dewey?: http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/ Images and clipart – Goolge Images QUIT

15. AUTHOR I have been a media specialist for Hastings schools since 1988. I love my job and my students. I have also been a physical education teacher, a history teacher, and a coach. I have taught in Alaska, Texas, and New York state. I also teach swimming lessons here in Hastings and in Middleville. I have one daughter Colette, and one grandson, her son, Brenton, who is the apple of his grandfather’s eye. I love animals and have dogs, cats, and an umbrella cockatoo bird for pets. QUIT