The Numbers in Nonfiction

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The Numbers in Nonfiction
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The Dewey Decimal System is a tool used to sort
books into
groups or categories
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This system was invented by a man named Melvil
Dewey.
He was a librarian who lived long ago.
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Sorting books by subject, what a brilliant idea!!
I think Ive got it !!
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10 general groups for sorting all of the subjects
General means broad, lots of subjects will fit
into each group.
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Here are the 10 general groups for sorting books
in the Dewey Decimal System
General Knowledge Philosophy
Religion Social Studies Folklore Language
Science Math Technology Medicine Arts and
Recreation Literature History/Geography
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000s-General Knowledge
Books that fit in this group have many different
subjects in them. Like
Encyclopedias or The Guinness Book of Records
This is also where books on unexplained subjects
would be found-like The Loch Ness Monster.
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100s-Philosophy
Books that fit in this group tell about how we
think and feel.
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200s-Religion
Books in this group tell about different
religions or stories from the bible.
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300s-Social Studies Folklore
Books in this group tell about how people live
together.
holidays and customs
government
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Fairy tales and folk tales are also placed in the
300s. Many were written to teach a lesson about
behavior and..
Thats social studies.
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400s-Language
Books in this group are about different languages
or grammar.
noun verb adjective
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500s-Science Math
Books in this group are about things from nature.
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600s-Technology Medicine
This group has books that are about man-made
things.
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700s-Arts and Recreation
Books in this group are about things we do for
fun.
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800s-Literature
Books in this group are stories, plays, or poetry.
This is also where a lot of joke books are
located.
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900s-History/Geography
Books in this group tell about events of the past
and countries of the world.
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Knowing these big groups will help make it easier
to find the books you want in the nonfiction
section.
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Remember, nonfiction call numbers are placed in
number order first, so that means all of the
books about the same subject end up near each
other on the shelf.
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Lets See What Youve Learned
Call numbers help us find the books we want to
read !!!
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1. What system tells us what numbers go with each
subject?
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2. Who is responsible for inventing the Dewey
Decimal System?
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• 3. Mr. Dewey matched a number with each
  _____________.
• author
• subject
• title

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