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Genres in Literature
Students analyze and differentiate between various genres of literature. They view a slideshow, take a true/false quiz, create an Idea Pad file, and create an idea map of the various genres.
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Better Lesson: Dewey Decimal System for Ordering Decimals
The Dewey Decimal System is used in libraries all around the world. The foundation of this system is based upon ordering decimals.
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Alex: Shopping With the Dewey Decimal System
This lesson is an introduction to the ten main categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification System. The Dewey Decimal Classification System will be compared with the familiar layout of a grocery store. Students will organize grocery...
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Alex: Solving the Puzzle to the Dewey Decimal System
This lesson is a hands-on approach to learning the ten main categories of the Dewey Decimal System in the school's media center. The lesson is appropriate for fourth and fifth grade students. Students will work in pairs to find missing...
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Alex: Diving Into the Dewey Decimal System
This lesson plan reinforces an introduction to the Dewey Decimal System to grades 3-5 with a game. Small competing groups locate books on the shelves. Groups are given a time limit to locate as many books from a numbered card stack as...
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Alex: Introduction to the Dewey Decimal System
This lesson plan introduces the Dewey Decimal System of numbering used for arranging nonfiction books on the shelves of an elementary school library.
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Alex: Play the Dewey Decimal System Game
This lesson introduces the 10 main categories used in the Dewey Decimal Classification System for non-fiction bookshelf arrangement. A slideshow will be presented to learners to help them learn details about the Dewey Decimal...
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Alex: Dewey Decimal Goes to Math Class
Math students take an onsite field trip to the library (media center) to meet the Dewey decimal system. An "Essential Question" will be used to a set the purpose for understanding why we use the dewey decimal system. Students will...
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Alex: Dewey Decimal Classification System Mural
Students will select a book from an assigned section in the non-fiction area of the library. After reading the books, students will write a paragraph that summarizes the content area of the book. Students will illustrate the book that...
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Alex: Library of Congress Classification System
In this lesson young scholars will be introduced to the Library of Congress Classification System. They will compare and contrast it to the Dewey Decimal System. Students will determine where information on different topics would be...
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Alex: Comparing Dewey and the Library of Congress
High school students will learn the distinction between the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and the Library of Congress Classification (LCC). After a PowerPoint presentation of the LCC, the students will compare and contrast the two...
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Alex: Dewey and the Library of Congress: Map and Matching
After reviewing the Dewey Decimal Classification System, students are introduced to the Library of Congress Classification System. Students create a map of a university library that uses the LCCS and demonstrate their understanding of...
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Alex: Comparing Classification Systems
In this lesson, students will be introduced to the Library of Congress Classification System. They will then compare this system to the Dewey Decimal System.
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Alex: Get to Know Your Library Media Center
This lesson will provide students with an orientation to the Library Media Center and the Dewey Decimal Classification System. The students will access the Alabama Virtual Library and will participate in a library scavenger hunt as a...
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Alex: Know the Dewey: That's a Rap
Middle school students develop an understanding of the organization of the library through demonstration, creative writing, book searches, and Internet use.
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Alex: Do We Have It and Where Can I Find It?
Students will use the electronic card catalog to locate books in the Media Center. Students will determine if the Media Center has a particular item, if it is currently available, and where the item is located in the Media Center.