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Grade 6-8 Scientific Inquiry Library Guideline 5 Information Literacy: The school library media specialist teaches
students how to access, use, and evaluate information resources efficiently
and ethically based on academic or personal need.
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Lesson Summary: Students are introduced to Melvin Dewey and a thorough review of his Dewey Decimal System, which revolutionized the organization of library materials in the United States. The Library of Congress Classification System will be discussed, as will different literary genres and their classification. A Dewey bingo game will reinforce the review of this lesson. One to two class periods. Additional time may be needed for remediation. Commentary:
The students will be given vocabulary words for discussion to determine prior knowledge of the Dewey Decimal System and its classifications. Scoring Guidelines: The student will self score and determine their level of competence. Post-Assessment: Playing the Dooby Dewey Bingo Game which is a bingo game using book titles and call numbers that shows how Dewey Decimal call numbers are not unique. Different titles of the same classification can have the same call numbers. Prizes are awarded for the first five bingos. Note: It took both of us to call the bingo call numbers, as there were so many combinations. It might be wise to do the teaching in one lesson and play the game asthe follow-up. Scoring Guidelines: Checklist
First we discuss the chaos that results when there is no major method of library classification. Melvin Dewey and the historical importance of his discovery are emphasized. The lesson includes the importance of decimal places, call numbers and their significance and why decimals are the perfect solution to adding books that are similar but not exactly the same. The students will also learn how books are placed in order on the shelf by their call number. The Library of Congress Classification System will be touched upon, so that the students will be able to navigate in a public library having LOC classification. The students will understand the difference between Fiction and Non-Fiction, even covering such anomalies in the Non-Fiction collection such as Fairy Tales, Literature, Plays, Poetry and Riddles. Through the bingo game, the students will see that call numbers are not unique to the books and that volumes of the same exact subject matter share call numbers, but not accession numbers.
The pre-assessment quiz will give an idea of where the students are in their Dewey knowledge. For remediation, one of us will repeat the information. The students will be able to use their bookmarks as reference materials when going to the library.
The opportunity to use the public library and its resources. A worksheet on the Dewey Decimal System and three (3) bookmarks will be given as a reinforcement of the lesson. One of the bookmarks will be a general listing of all ten Dewey categories. The other two bookmarks will be the detailed categories that the students will probably most use for their science projects: the 500’s and the 600’s. They were laminated for durability.
The research skills and knowledge of the Dewey Decimal System integrates into all other content areas.
For teachers Dooby Dewey Bingo Game. This includes playing pieces and covers for the bingo cards. They were laminated for durability and the game was stored in its own case for further use and use with other classes. For students A listing of Dewey Decimal Classifications and three (3) bookmarks: having the Dewey Decimal listings.
Dewey Decimal System. Library of Congress. Classification. Melvil Dewey. Decimals. Point. Places. Collection. Library of Congress. Call numbers. Digits.
Discuss how public libraries have different on-line catalogs which also use the same classifications to categorize their books.. Students will be at different levels, depending on their past use of these facilities.
Students will be able to navigate through the stacks of our school library and also, through the knowledge of the library classification systems, have a rudimentary knowledge of the layout of a public library. Include research that supports the content or methods of instruction within the lesson.
Make sure that you have the attention of all students, preferably having students that need remediation near the instructors. Record observations and suggested modifications to facilitate instruction and student learning in the lesson.
1. Pre-assessment vocabulary list. 2. General listing of the Dewey Decimal System-the 100 Divisions. 3. Three (3) bookmarks: One with general classifications, one with the 500’s listed and another with the 600’s listed. |