Information Literacy-Dewey Decimal Passport: 300-399
Scenario:
Our extended resource students were checking out the same type of books each week. This concerned the teacher/librarian as well as the classroom teachers and aides. The Teacher/Librarian (Teacher/Librarian-the preferred term used in our District) developed a Dewey Decimal Library Passport that allowed the students to learn each non-fiction hundred section in the Dewey Decimal System. This passport was the lesson focus on alternative weeks. On the off week free choice was allowed. On passport weeks the students gained knowledge about a specific Dewey hundred section. A pictorial chart provided illustrated topics in each hundred section, gave the topic name and the appropriate Dewey number assigned to it. After a group discussion of the topics in that hundred, students chose several topics of possible interest, went to that section to find and explore those selections and then checked out one item from that exploration. They then filled out the passport section writing the title, call #, and drawing an illustration from the item selected. The following week, students went back to that passport page and rated their selection by circling an up or down arrow to indicate a like or dislike of the item checked out.
Overview:
Students will use the pictorial chart to learn about the 300’s nonfiction section. These pictorial clues will aid students in decoding topic names and encourage practice in number recognition. Students will identify, locate, and evaluate items in the 300’s section of the library for personal interest. The essential questions are: Am I able to locate my topics of personal interest in the 300’s section of the library? Am I able to evaluate my personal choices?
Final Product:
At the end of this lesson students will complete the 300’s page of the Dewey Decimal Passport by filling in the title, call number and an illustration for their personal choice item. The following week students will evaluate their chosen title by circling an up or down arrow to indicate a like or dislike of the item. At the end of the unit students will have a completed passport to use as a reference tool and guide for the nonfiction section of the library which will aid in future investigations.
Library Lesson:
Students will continue their exploration and understanding that the nonfiction section is divided into 10 categories from 0 hundreds to the 900’s and of the specific topics included in each. This week’s study and exploration is the 300’s section. They will become familiar with the topics included in this section. Students will practice reading, decoding, number recognition and Dewey Decimal call numbers. Their knowledge base will be enlarged and their personal interest choices expanded.
Estimated Lesson Time:
30 minutes
Have you taught this lesson before:
Yes
Strategies for differentiation:
Students will be given additional assistance in a small groups or individually by the T/L or the classroom aides if they are unable to do any of the following: Locate the 300’s section on the Dewey pictorial chart, locate their chosen topic, or write and/or read the work done in the passport. Students that can work independently will do so in whatever areas they are able.