[ISLMA-Share] Nonfiction shelving

Mon Jan 23 15:42:31 CST 2017

I have the students go on a treasure hunt.  I make a simple paper with each
100s category listed (just the numbers, no headings).  Each  section has 3
blank lines.  They have to go find 3 topics for each 100 section  (i.e.
cooking, drawing, songs/music, sports for 700s)  The next week we discuss
the topics they found for each category and WHY they might be in the same
section.  This helps them come up with their own classifications for each
100s section.  We use those same topics play DEWEY, like BINGO.  D=0-99 and
100s, E=200s/300s, W=400/500s etc.  I also use a mystery bag game.  I put
objects in the bag and one student pulls out an object then tells where
they would classify it.  Other students "thumbs up" if they agree, thumbs
down if they don't.  THEN other students could tell where else it MIGHT go
but have to defend why they think that.  Same concept with the One Fish
book idea above.  The kids like it.  My concept is to have THEM figure out
the classifications instead of just telling them what they are.

Connie Workman
VIT CUSD #2
Table Grove, IL  61482
cworkman at vit2.org
(309) 758-5138

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> We always end our Dewey unit with the Dewey Rap https://www.youtube.com/
> watch?v=NHiUQb5xg7A. I've printed off the lyrics & we go over them
> beforehand. Students love it, esp., grades 4-6.
>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 9:00 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I have done a silly little Dewey lesson by briefly introducing the need
>> for classification system and then reading One Fish Two Fish to students
>> and having them suggest classification numbers for each page. For older
>> students this can go a step further by locating similar books on the
>> shelves to identify the entire number. For example, One Fish Two Fish Red
>> fish blue fish---pets, natural science, art, math...all on the first page.
>> Seems superfluous, but it is fun and seems to really stick with the
>> students. Even very young students quickly grasp the concept.
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Before my 6th graders go to the shelves, I have run off mock spine
>>> labels on 8 ½ x 11 sheets of paper.  The students are in groups of four or
>>> five and have to line themselves up like they should appear on a book
>>> shelf, holding the label in front of them like they are a book. This helps
>>> clear up decimal issues and alphabetizing before they go out into the
>>> shelves.  The most challenging part of it is that students have to reverse
>>> themselves so that they line up for the classmates that are looking at
>>> them, not them looking at the numbers left to right.
>>>
>>> I actually do this for each of our 5 sections so the students can see
>>> how each section is different on the spine label (i.e. nonfiction is
>>> author’s first three letters whereas biography is by subject’s.)
>>>
>>> Jeanne Brucher
>>> Teacher-Librarian
>>> jbrucher at geneseoschools.org
>>> Geneseo Middle School (309) 945-0524
>>> Geneseo High School (309) 945-0316
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 18, 2017, at 8:10 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
>>> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>> Here's a fun activity I've done in the past, but it takes a little prep
>>> ahead of time....
>>>
>>> Each student is given a book to look up in the online catalog. They
>>> write down the call # and have to find the book on the shelf. Prior to the
>>> class, I put a puzzle piece inside of each of the books. It's usually a
>>> small 25 piece of so puzzle. The student knows they've located the correct
>>> book when they find the puzzle piece hidden inside. Students put their
>>> puzzle pieces together to make the puzzle.
>>>
>>> *Amie Mouser*
>>> Tri-Valley CUSD #3 Library Media Specialist
>>> amouser at tri-valley3.org
>>> 309-378-2031 <(309)%20378-2031>
>>> www.tri-valley3.org  <http://www.tri-valley3.org/>
>>> www.tri-valley3library.weebly.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 7:36 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>> I am trying to revise my nonfiction shelving lesson.  I have the kids
>>>> use Dewey Stories to find books on the shelves.  They are fill in the blank
>>>> stories where the kids go to the shelves to actually find numbers.
>>>>
>>>> What I don't like about the lesson is how I introduce the material
>>>> before.  I have used a general Powerpoint--boring!  Anyone got something
>>>> good for 6th graders?
>>>> Kathy Wickline
>>>> Unity Junior High Librarian
>>>> Tolono, IL
>>>> wicklinek at unity.k12.il.us
>>>>
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>>
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