It's a Dewey Decimal December!

This month, third graders were introduced to how nonfiction books are organized.  We read The Library Gingerbread Man by Dotti Enderle to learn about the 10 Dewey classes.  Third graders then created a library gingerbread person to represent one of the Dewey classes.  I was so impressed by how creative they were!

Fourth graders read Do you Know Dewey? by Brian Cleary.  They then began to work on creating a Wordle for a chosen Dewey class.  Students also explored Dewey games and activities on the iPad and viewed a dynamite Dewey Rap!

Click here to listen to the Dewey Rap!

Fifth graders reinforced their knowledge of the Dewey Decimal System with the help of Lemony Snicket and The Series of Unfortunate Events.  The plot in the twelfth book, titled The Penultimate Peril, actually involves a hotel that is organized by the Dewey Decimal System!  We read an excerpt from the book, which sparked much interest in the series.  Students then completed some fun activities involving the alliterative titles in the series while learning more about the Dewey Decimal System.  Needless to say, many books by Lemony Snicket were immediately checked-out!