Mrs. Collazo is currently reading…

• Book 6 in the Hundred Oaks series

• Pub date= July 1, 2015• Romance/chick lit

When you were in your DUCKS/Junior School

years, what books, topics, or types of books

did you like to read or check out at the library?

Share! What were some topics or titles your group discussed?

Poll: Do you prefer fiction, nonfiction, or both?

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FICTION NONFICTION BOTH

Number of students

Number of students

Fiction32%

Nonfiction67% Magazines

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Number of items checked out since October 6, 2015—DUCKS/Junior School

Fiction

Nonfiction

Magazines

Fiction89%

Nonfiction8%

Magazines3%

Number of items checked out since Oct. 6—Senior School

Fiction

Nonfiction

Magazines

Why? My theories…• It’s me

• It’s genrefication

• It’s our nonfiction collection

• It’s reading level/difficulty

Types of nonfiction

Academic nonfiction• Used for purposeful research

• Index and Table of Contents are your BFF

• Probably don’t read these for fun

• Lots of rows of text

• Non-glossy pages

• Thick, heavy

• Higher reading level

• Front covers look academic

“Browsing” nonfiction• More fun to read, leisure reading

• Great if you are just interested in a particular topic

• Not “linear”

• Lots of color and glossy, full-page photos

• Lower reading level

• Front covers designed to entice readers

Biography• Books about a person or people (individual or

collective)

• Autobiography= written about self

• Biography= written about someone else

• Memoir= form of autobiography (often used interchangeably)

• Can be in story form or like browsing nonfiction

Narrative nonfiction• Nonfiction told in story form

• Also called literary nonfiction

• Has characters, plot, reads like a story

• May have chapters, diary entries, photos, captions, graphics, etc.

• Often includes author’s feelings and opinions

• Possibility of adding this as a genre section next year

Magazines/Periodicals• Getting an overhaul next year!

• Please give me recommendations! Thinking about…

• ESPN

• Sports Illustrated

• Time

• Science/technology

• Kiki

• Justine

• Recipes magazine (Rachel Ray? Taste of Home?)

• Crafting (Scrapbooking? Knitting?)

How do you find nonfiction titles in our library?

The Caveman’s Guideto the

Dewey Decimal System

The Story of the Numbers Used for Nonfiction Books

In 1873 Mr. Melvil Dewey devised a system of classifying books which is used in many libraries.

He chose certain main subjects and numbers, so that all nonfiction books on the same subject would be together on the shelf.

The Dewey Decimal System

The Dewey Decimal Classification is the most widely used library organization system in the world.

The system groups books by topic by dividing them into 10 basic categories, and each of those categories is further split into 10 categories, and so on.

100's Who am I?

PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY Man thinks about himself.

200's Who made me?

RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY Man thinks about God.

300's Who is the man (or woman) in the next

cave?

SOCIAL SCIENCE Man thinks about other people.

400'sHow can I make that man understand me?

LANGUAGE

Man learns to communicate with others through words.

500'sHow can I understand nature and the

world about me?

NATURAL SCIENCE

Man learns to understand nature on the land, in the sea,

and in the sky.

600'sHow can I use what I know about nature?

APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Primitive man learned about fire and how to make weapons. He learned through the ages about the wheel, about medicine, planting crops, cooking food, building bridges, and how to make all the things we use.

700'sHow can I enjoy my leisure time?

FINE ART AND RECREATION or (Arts) By this time, primitive man had more time to do the things he enjoyed. He learned how to paint pictures and to

create music.

He also learned how to dance

and play games.

800'sHow can I give my children a record of

man's heroic deeds?

LITERATURE

Man became a storyteller. He created fables, poetry, and plays about his ancestors and the people he knew. Later, man recorded these stories for all people to read.

900'sWhere has man been, what did he do and

who did he meet?

GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY

Man began to write about events that had occurred everywhere, and about people who had participated in these events.

000'sOther stuff!

“Generalities”

This section contains all of the weird stuff- UFOs, Big Foot,

Library information, etc.. This section also houses books which

contain information on many subjects such as encyclopedias

and other reference books.

Dewey Decimal System

• 000 General Knowledge• Almanacs, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries

• 100 Psychology & Physiology• Feelings, Emotions

• 200 Religion• Bible stories

• 300 Social Sciences & Folklore• Careers, Environment, Family, Fairy Tales

• 400 Languages & Grammar• Grammar, Sign Language, English, Foreign Language

Dewey Decimal System

• 500 Math & Science• Animals, Dinosaurs, Fish, Planets, Plants, Weather

• 600 Medicine & Technology• Computers, Farming, Health, Nutrition

• 700 Arts & Recreation• Drawing, Crafts, Jokes, Sports, Games

• 800 Literature• Poetry, Plays

• 900 Geography & History• Biographies, Countries, States, Travel, Native Americans, Wars

Works Cited

Complete Library Skills Activities Program by Arden Druce who cited it from School Library Journal, February 1961. Copyright R.R. Bowker Company/Cahners magazine Division.

http://mte.anacortes.k12.wa.us/library/dewey/deweystory.htm