The Grade Fours are learning about how books are organised in the Non Fiction section using The Dewey Decimal System.
In 1847 an American librarian named Melville Dewey made up a way of classifying books called the ‘Dewey Decimal Classification System’. This system is now used in most libraries all over the world. It uses 10 categories of numbers, with decimal places to group similar things together. You can find out more about the 10 categories by reading Dewey and the Alien.
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Imagine what our Non Fiction section might look like without the Dewey Decimal System!
I would love to read all these books but how could you find a book you wanted in this mess?
Hi Miss Yeomans
I am learning about the Dewey Decimal system and how messy and untidy it could be without it. It would be hard to find the book you want. Thank heavens for him!!!!
Hey Miss Yeomans,
We read Dewey and the Alien and we thought it was really funny.We can hardly imagine what the library would look like without the Dewey Decimal System.It would be a MESS!!!!! We love learning about it and can’t wait to do some more on it.
See you soon!!!
Chantal and Ruby F 4v