Great Dewey Hunt Library Lessons

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Library Lessons

Toni Buzzeo


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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



Dewey Hunt Search

Item BookTitle DeweyNumber

Team: _________________________________

GroupMembers: _____________________________ _____________________________

_____________________________ _____________________________


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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

H76550

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