Dewey Decimal System Presentation
by Kim Sciandra
Summer 2010
This presentation is designed to introduce fifth
grade students to the Dewey Decimal System.
By teaching students how to utilize the Dewey
Decimal System to locate books on different
subjects this presentation supports the “Reading
Across the Curriculum” standard.
This presentation also recommends books that can
assist students with mastering several Georgia
Standards from various subjects.
 Dewey Decimal
System
 Organize library
books
 Easy to use
 Helps you find a book
(Microsoft Office Online, 2010)
 Librarian
 Great Organizer
 Dewey System
used by libraries
all over the world
(Mimi’s Motifs, 2010)
 Books assigned Call Numbers based on
subjects
 Call Numbers placed on Book Spine
 Books placed on shelf in Call Number order
(Microsoft Office Online, 2010)
BOOK
SPINE
250
AIE
CALL
NUMBERS
375
DIT
525
IEP
750
SEP
Number order
920
TIE
 Eureka!
 Dewey asked questions
 Answers to questions = subjects
 10 questions = 10 main subjects
(Jefferson County Library District, 2010)
 Philosophy and Psychology
 100 – 199
 Ideas and feelings people have
 Aliens and ghosts have feelings, too!
133.1
COH
152.4
Ali
158
TES
(Sawnee Elementary School, 2010)
 Religion
 200 – 299
 All religions, churches
 Greek and Roman mythology
291
BRO
(Sawnee Elementary School, 2010)
292
LOW
 Social Sciences
 300 – 399
 Thinking about other people
 Government, Folktales,
Scary Stories
398
GIB
Book Review
342.7308
HAM
(Sawnee Elementary School, 2010)
 Languages
 400 – 499
 Languages from
around the world
(Microsoft Office Online, 2010)
468.6
COL
423.1
BOL
423
GRI
(Sawnee Elementary School, 2010)
 Science
 500 – 599
 Nature, animals,
weather, space
520
OSB
550
GIB
Book Review
507
VEC
(Sawnee Elementary School, 2010)
 Applied Science
 600 – 699
 How things work
 Cars, Pets, Computers
 Building, Cooking, Fixing
Book Review
636.7
GEO
629.04
BOS
Book Review
609
CLE
(Sawnee Elementary School, 2010)
 Arts and Recreation
 700 – 799
 How to have fun
 Drawing, Magic Tricks
 Sports and Games
796
SMI
794.8
CUN
743.6
MAY
(Sawnee Elementary School, 2010)
 Literature
 800 – 899
 Story telling
 Riddles and Jokes
 Poems and Classic Books
818
PEL
812
BUR
811
KID
(Sawnee Elementary School, 2010)
 History and Geography
 900 – 999
 History
 Other places
 Famous People
973
YAC
979.1
TRU
973.7
MCP
(Sawnee Elementary School, 2010)
 Generalities
 000 – 099
031.02
WOR
 Books of Facts
 Encyclopedias
 Almanacs
001.9
FAC
(Sawnee Elementary School, 2010)
000 – Generalities
500 – Science
100 - Philosophy and
Psychology
600 - Applied Science
700 - Arts and Recreation
200 – Religion
800 – Literature
300 - Social Sciences
400 – Languages
Classification Chart
900 - History and
Geography
Practice Worksheet
“If it weren't for Melvil Dewey, finding
the books you want in the library might
be as frustrating as looking for a needle
in a haystack. His invention, called the
Dewey Decimal System, brought muchneeded order to libraries.”
~ Valerie Guarini
Dewey Games
Dewey Decimal Game
Lesson Plan and Instructions
Call Number
Ordering
Tutorial and Game
Huey and Louie Meet Dewey
Lesson Plan with Handouts
References
Aliki. (1984). Feelings. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books.
Bollard, J. (2002). Scholastic student thesaurus. New York, NY: Scholastic Reference.
Brown, A. and Langley, A. (1999). What I believe. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press.
Burdett, L. (1998). Romeo and Juliet for kids. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books.
Clements, G. (1994). The Picture history of great inventors. New York, NY: A. Knopf.
Cohen, D. (1994). Young Ghosts. New York, NY: Cobblehill Books.
Colyer, P. (1994). I can read Spanish : My first English-Spanish word book. Brookfield, CT:
Millbrook Press.
Cunningham, K. (2009). Video game designer. Ann Arbor, MI: Cherry Lake.
References
George, J.C. (2000). How to talk to your dog. New York, NY: HarperCollins.
Georgia Department of Education. (2008, August 14). Grade 5 Social Studies standards.
Retrieved June 20, 2010, from GeorgiaStandards.org:
https://www.georgiastandards.org/standards/Georgia%20Performance%20Standards/
Gr5%20Social%20Studies%20Stds%202009-2010%205-27-09.pdf.
Georgia Department of Education. (2006, August 29). Grade 5 Science standards. Retrieved
June 20, 2010, from GeorgiaStandards.org:
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Georgia%20Performance%20Standards/
FifthGradeApproved7-12-2004.pdf.
Georgia Department of Education. (2006, July 13). Grade 5 ELA standards. Retrieved June
15, 2010, from GeorgiaStandards.org:
https://www.georgiastandards.org/standards/Georgia%20Performance%20Standards/
Grade-Five.pdf
Gibbons, G. (1998). Planet Earth/inside and out. Morrow Junior Books; New York, NY.
Gibbons, G. (1999). Behold – The dragons!. Morrow Junior Books; New York, NY.
References
GO!. (2002). New York, NY: DK.
Grisewood, J. (1984). Simon & Schuster's young readers' illustrated dictionary. New York,
NY: Wanderer Books.
Guarini, V. (2004). Melvil Dewey and the Dewey Decimal Classification System. Homeschool
Learning Network, Inc. Retrieved June 15, 2010, from
http://www.homeschoollearning.com/hsc/unit_09-10-01.html.
Hamilton, J. (2005). The Bill of Rights. Edina, MN: ABDO Publishing.
Janssen (Ed.), S. (2010). World almanac for kids. New York, NY: World Almanac Books.
Lansky, B. (1991). Kids pick the funniest poems. Deephaven, MN: Meadowbrook Press.
Low, A. (1985). The Macmillan book of Greek gods and heroes. New York, NY: Simon &
Schuster.
References
Mayne, D. (2002). Drawing horses : (that look real!). Charlotte, VT: Williamson.
McPherson, J.M. (2002). Fields of fury : the American Civil War. New York, NY: Atheneum
Books for Young Readers
Osborne, W. and Osborne, M.P. (2002). Space : a nonfiction companion to Midnight on the
moon. New York, NY: Random House.
Pellowski, M.J. (1999). Totally loony jokes & riddles. New York, NY: Sterling.
Prescott, S. (2001). If you knew Dewey. School Library Journal, 47(8), 50. Retrieved from
Academic Search Complete database.
Smith, N. (1996). Sports. Brookfield, CT: Copper Beach Books.
Story about the Dewey Decimal System of Classification. (1976). School Library Journal,
22(6), 20. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete database.
References
Tester, S.R. (2000). Frustrated. Chanhassen, MN: Child’s World.
Trumbauer, L. (2002). Grand Canyon New York, NY: Children’s Press.
Turner (Ed.), M. (2003). Facts & records : amazing achievements. New York, NY:
Kingfisher.
Vecchione, G. (2001). 100 award-winning science fair projects . New York, NY: Sterling.
Yaccarino, D. (2008). Go, go America. New York, NY: Scholastic Press.
Images
Book Covers
Sawnee Elementary School. (2010.). Various book covers. Retrieved June 18, 2010 from
http://destiny.forsyth.k12.ga.us/cataloging/servlet/presentadvancedsearchredirectorform.
do?l2m=Library%20Search&tm=TopLevelCatalog
Clip Art
Martin, P. (2010). Retrieved June 19, 2010, from
http://www.phillipmartin.info/clipart/homepage2.htm.
Microsoft Office Online. (2010). Retrieved June 15, 2010, from office.microsoft.com/clipart/.
Photos
Mimi’s Motifs. (2010). Melvil Dewey puppet. Retrieved June 15, 2010, from
www.mimismotifs.com/dewey.htm.
Jefferson County Library District. (2010). Melvil Dewey picture. Retrieved June 15, 2010
from http://www.jcld.org/resources.htm.