The document discusses nonfiction books and the Dewey Decimal Classification system used to organize books in libraries. It provides examples of call numbers for nonfiction books on various subjects like Asia, China, cooking, and more. It also includes an activity for students to sort book call numbers into fiction and nonfiction sections.

1. What do Caroline Arnold and Seymour Simon have in common?

2. They write Nonfiction

3. What is Nonfiction? Nonfiction are books about real people, real places and real things. Nonfiction give us information.

4. Look at these labels. What section do they go in? E F FAL Everybody Fiction Chapter Books

5. How is this call number different? It has numbers and letters. 398.2 AAR

6. Let’s look at it 398.2 AAR This number tells the subject. This number is the decimal. This is for the author's last name.

7. What is the subject? It is what a book is about. This book is about Asia. 950 SAM

8. What is the decimal for? It helps to narrow down the subject. 952.3 LAS Here is one about China.

9. Where do we get the numbers? From the Dewey Decimal Classification System. The numbers go from 001-999.

10. Here are some examples 972 GRE

11. 152.7 FRE

12. 636.7 ASP

13. 296.345 KIM

14. Notice That the decimals can be there or not. Sometimes they can go to 4 or 5 places.

15. What is this book? Nonfiction

16. What is this book? Fiction

17. What is this book? Fiction

18. What is this book? Nonfiction

19. Practice Sort the book call numbers into their correct section. Nonfiction Sorting Activity.

20. Assessment Use your clicker to decide if a book is an Everybody, Fiction Chapter Book or Nonfiction.

21. What is it? Everybody Fiction Chapter Book Nonfiction 961 AYO 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

22. What is it? Everybody Fiction Chapter Book Nonfiction FUN 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

23. What is it? Everybody Fiction Chapter Book Nonfiction 538 RIL 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

24. What is it? Everybody Fiction Chapter Book Nonfiction E T 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

25. What is it? Everybody Fiction Chapter Book Nonfiction E B 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

26. What is it? Everybody Fiction Chapter Book Nonfiction KOR 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

27. What is it? Everybody Fiction Chapter Book Nonfiction 625 FIR 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

28. What is it? Everybody Fiction Chapter Book Nonfiction 745 SMI 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1