great dewey hunt library lessons
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Library Lessons
Toni Buzzeo
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Published by UpstartBooks401 S. Wright RoadP.O. Box 5207Janesville, Wisconsin 53547-52071-800-448-4887
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The Great Dewey Hunt can be a single lesson in your school library, a multiple-session programor a single grade, or a multiple-grade program as portrayed in the book. It can be adapted tosuit your time rame and your grade level ocus or Dewey learning.
DISCOVERING DEWEY THROUGH BOOKS
Twins Hugh and Louis are delighted to team up
to participate in the Great Dewey Hunt that Mrs.Skorupski has planned. They begin by reviewing
Dewey with their ourth grade classmates beore
agreeing to be Dewey Experts or Carmen Rosa
Peas second grade sister, Freida. Prior to engaging
students in the Great Dewey Hunt, youll also want
to review (or newly teach) Dewey. You might begin
with one or more o these books:
Berg, Brook. What Marion Taught Willis. Upstart-
Books, 2005.
When Willis makes un o Marion or choosing
to report on librarianship or her Career Day
project, Marion takes him to the library media
center to introduce him to exciting books in all
ten Dewey categories.
Fowler, Allan. Dewey Decimal System. Childrens
Press, 1996.
This installment in the True Book series takes
a nonction approach to the history and use o
the Dewey Decimal System in libraries. Colorphotos and large text.
Hopkins, Jackie Mims. The Shelf Elf Helps Out.
UpstartBooks, 2006.
With help rom the Grand Dewey Daddy shel
el, Stacks, Skoob the shel el explains the
Dewey Decimal numbers using a clever rhyme
or each Dewey category. The numbers are
described as the home address or each book.
DISCOVERING DEWEY ONLINE
As you review or introduce the Dewey Decimal
System, you may want to spend some time onlinewith your students, exploring these electronic teach-
ing resources:
TheBookDisasterorDeweySWATTeamto
theRescue. www.longmeadow.k12.ma.us/ws/
dewey/index.html
Help!IAmLockedintheLibrary!
www.barnstable.k12.ma.us/mme/news/
studentinvestigations/WebQuests/dewey
The ollowing Dewey Decimal System games aredesigned or th and ourth graders respectively,
but useul in grades three through ve:
CanYouDotheDewey? thrall.org/dewey
Students can play a challenge game to test their
knowledge o Dewey categories, learn more
about Melville Dewey, or dig deeper into the
Dewey categories.
DoWeReallyKnowDewey?
library.thinkquest.org/5002/index.shtml
This multi-leveled ThinkQuestsite becomes more
dicult as you proceed through the pages/
activities.
Both sites include complete instructions and an
assessment rubric.
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THE GREAT DEWEY HUNT
Note: These are directions or staging the ull, multi-grade-level
program. Condense the steps or a single-grade-level class. For
a single session lesson, ollow directions or The Day o the
Hunt with class members serving only as Dewey Hunters.
Exploration
1. Divide students into ten teams o relativelyequal size.
2. Assign each team to a single Dewey category.
(Note: Be sure to assign the more abstract and
challenging categories such as 000 and 100 to teams
with strong critical thinkers.)
3. Send each team to the nonction shelves to
explore the topics o the books represented in
their section. Ask teams to bring representa-
tive books back to their tables to complete the
Dewey Topic Hunt sheet (p. 6), or to write down
representative titles and call numbers on the
sheet (p. 6) at the shel.
(Note: Leave the Possible Objects column blank
or now.)
4. Ask each team to report to the class the ndings
o their investigation.
5. Challenge students to assign a name to their
Dewey category (i.e. History and Geography
or the 900s). I a category name is too narrow,show them additional books with topics also
covered in that category and ask them to expand
their name.
6. Give each team a copy o the Dewey Classica-
tion Table (p. 7). Ask them to discuss how their
representative books answer the question/s or
their category.
ObjectCollection
1. Ask teams o students to complete the PossibleObjects column on their Dewey Topic Hunt
sheet (p. 6). Emphasize that this should be a
list o SMALL objects that might represent the
books listed or their Dewey category.
2. As teams present their list o objects, challenge
other teams to think o additional suggestions
or each list.
(Note: The list o Suggested Objects by Dewey Category
will serve as a resource when you are stumped.)
3. Invite students rom all teams to contribute the
small objects they personally own to each cat-
egory team.
(Note: Over time, you may wish to create a collection
o objects yoursel in order to eliminate the need or
students to bring in objects. Key chains, charms, anddollhouse items are oten excellent sources.)
4. Collect the objects in ten small baskets, labeled
by Dewey number.
DeweyFlags
1. Gather the ollowing materials to make your own
Dewey fags:
Ten 1824 inch lengths o 8 dowel
Ten sheets o colored construction paper One set o Dewey numbers000, 100, 200,
300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900cut rom
construction paper by hand or using a die-cut
machine
One set o capital lettersI, L, O, V, E (3), D,
W, Ycut rom construction paper by hand
or using a die-cut machine
2. Use the Dewey fag pattern (p. 5) to cut ten
fags o various colors.
3. Glue the numbers on to one side o the fags
and the letters (to spell I LOVE DEWEY) on the
opposite side o the fags in numeric order.
4. Attach the fags to the dowels using glue or
a stapler.
Note: or long-lasting fags you can use year ater year,
consider making the fags and letters/numbers rom
ripstop nylon.
TheDayoftheHunt
1. Place each object on (or above) the shel on
which matching books are located.
(Note: You may wish to suspend objects rom the shel
above using book repair or duct tape.)
2. Invite a second class to the library to be the
Dewey Hunters. The students who have been
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working to plan the Great Dewey Hunt become
the Dewey Experts.
3. Form ten teams o students rom the members
o the Dewey Hunter visiting class, and pair
them with your teams o Dewey Experts.
4. Provide each Dewey Hunter team a Dewey
Hunt Search Sheet (p. 910) with the ollowing
instructions:
Locate an object on the shel.
Find a book nearby on the shel with a subject
that matches the object.
(Note: Objects are let on the shel and only books are
removed.)
Check with your Dewey Expert to be sure
that you have selected a book that matches
the object.
When your Dewey Expert approves, write
down the title and call number o the book on
your Dewey Hunt Search sheet.
Find one object or each o the ten Dewey cat-
egories and one book to match each object.
5. As each Dewey Hunter team nishes their Dewey
Hunt Search sheet, award them a Great DeweyHunt Flag. When all teams have completed the
hunt, ask them to stand in Dewey category order
and then fip their fags to spell I LOVE DEWEY.
Assessment
1. Challenge your class o Dewey Experts by admin-
istering the Great Dewey Hunt Assessment
(p. 1112). Seat students by Dewey group.
Give each student a blank assessment orm to
record answers. Then, read a title rom the mas-
ter assessment sheet (or eel ree to use actual
titles rom your own collection) and ask students
to record the Dewey category that title belongs in
(Note: It is interesting to compare scores by
Dewey group.)
Dewey Flag Pattern
Instructions
Enlarge to desired size. Cut out triangle and
use as a pattern or construction paper fags.
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DEWEY TOPIC HUNT
GroupMembers: _________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
YourDeweyCategory(circleone):
000100200004000000700800900
Book Titles topics possible objects
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Dewey
classifica
tion
table
Dewey
Number
Category
Questions
000s
Ge
neralKnowledge
WhatdoIneedtoknow?
100s
Psychology/Philosophy
WhoamI?
200s
Re
ligion
WhatdoIbelievein?
00s
So
cialScience
Howdowelivetogether?
400s
La
nguages
Howdowecomm
unicatewitheachother?
00s
Na
turalScience/Mathematics
Whatisourworldlike?
Howdoweexpla
inthingsinnumbers?
00s
Ap
pliedScience/Technolog
y
Howcanwemaketheworldusefultous?
700s
Arts
Whatdoweenjoycreatingordoingforfun?
800s
Literature
Whatdoweenjoywriting?
900s
Hi
story/Geography
Whichpeoplean
dplacesarepartsofourpa
st?
Whatdoweknow
aboutalltheplacesinthe
world?
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Suggested objects by dewey category
Note: All items are miniatures.
Note: Any bolded item is mentioned in the text o The Great Dewey Hunt.
newspaper,Bigfoot,spacealien,plasticquestionmark,computerkeychain,picturepostcardofthepubliclibrary,mapofAtlantis,adforencyclopedias,seamonster,miniatureblankbook.
witch, ghost, optical illusion card
Christian cross, Buddhastatue, Star o David, dreidel
Santa, Cinderellasnowglobe, dragon, unicorn, re engine, police car,birthday candles
sign language card, miniature dictionary, Braille alphabet
hairytarantulaspider, plant, dinosaur, magnet, rock, number candle,
weather thermometer, assorted animals, shells
sailboat, truck, car, plane, battery, wire, play ood, dog, stethoscope,astronaut, sh tank, arm machines, measuring spoons
basketball, ootball, dice, puppets, playing cards, piano, art supplies(paint brushes, crayons, etc.)
theatermasks(tragedyandcomedy), playbill, poem on a card, miniaturetheater
fag, globe, oreign currency, soldier, cowboy, statue o amous American(i.e. Abraham Lincoln)
000
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
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Dewey Hunt Search
Item BookTitle DeweyNumber
Team: _________________________________
GroupMembers: _____________________________ _____________________________
_____________________________ _____________________________
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The Great Dewey Hunt Assessment
Team: _________________________________
GroupMembers: _____________________________ _____________________________
_____________________________ _____________________________
Book1 Book2 Book
Book4 Book Book
Book7 Book8 Book9
Book10 Book11 Book12
Book1 Book14 Book1
Book1 Book17 Book18
Book19 Book20 Book21
Book22 Book2 Book24
Book2 Book2 Book27
Book28 Book29 Book0
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The Great Dewey Hunt Assessment
Book1
The Wearing o the Green: A His-
tory o St. Patricks Day300
Book2
The Ghost Hunters Handbook
100
Book
How Much is a Million?500
Book4Story o the Orchestra700
BookGiggle-Fit: Tricky Tongue
Twisters800
BookWorld Book Encyclopedia000
Book7
What Makes You Ill?600
Book8
Snow White and the Seven
Dwars300
Book9
Our Fity States900
Book10
From Caterpillar to Butterfy
500
Book11
Easy Origami700
Book12
Merriam-Websters Childrens
Dictionary400
Book1
The Early Readers Bible200
Book14
What to Do When You Worry
Too Much100
Book1
Amazing Optical Illusions100
Book1
Castle: Medieval Days and
Knights900
Book17
The History o the Internet000
Book18
The Story o Flight600
Book19The Usborne Encyclopedia o
World Religions200
Book20Peter Pan and Other Plays800
Book21Community Helpers rom
A to Z300
Book22
A Childs Introduction
to Poetry800
Book2
The Usborne First Thousand
Words in Italian400
Book24
Taking Care o Your Parakeet
600
Book2
National Geographic Student
Atlas o the World900
Book2
The Junior Tennis Handbook
700
Book27
The Gods and Goddesses o
Mount Olympus200
Book28
The Mystery o the Loch Ness
Monster000
Book29
Rocks and Minerals500
Book0
You Can Learn Sign
Language400
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