What do Caroline Arnoldand Seymour Simonhave in common?

They write Nonfiction

What is Nonfiction?

Nonfiction are books about real people, real places and real things.

Nonfiction give us information.

Look at these labels. What section do they go in?

E

F FAL

How is this call number different?

It has numbers and letters.

398.2

AAR

Let’s look at it

398.2

AAR

What is the subject?

It is what a book is about.

950

SAM

What is the decimal for?

It helps to narrow down the subject.

952.3

LAS

Where do we get the numbers?

From the Dewey Decimal Classification System.

The numbers go from 001-999.

Here are some examples

972

GRE

152.7

FRE

636.7

ASP

296.345

KIM

Notice

That the decimals can be there or not.

Sometimes they can go to 4 or 5 places.

What is this book?

What is this book?

What is this book?

What is this book?

Practice

Sort the book call numbers into their correct section.

Nonfiction Sorting Activity.

Assessment

Use your clicker to decide if a book is an Everybody,

Fiction Chapter Book or Nonfiction.

What is it?

Eve

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Fic

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Nonfic

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33% 33%33%

1. Everybody

2. Fiction Chapter Book

3. Nonfiction

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

961

AYO

What is it?

Eve

rybody

Fic

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hapte

...

Nonfic

tion

33% 33%33%

1. Everybody

2. Fiction Chapter Book

3. Nonfiction

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

FUN

What is it?

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Fic

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Nonfic

tion

33% 33%33%

1. Everybody

2. Fiction Chapter Book

3. Nonfiction

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

538

RIL

What is it?

Eve

rybody

Fic

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hapte

...

Nonfic

tion

33% 33%33%

1. Everybody

2. Fiction Chapter Book

3. Nonfiction

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

E

T

What is it?

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Fic

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Nonfic

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33% 33%33%

1. Everybody

2. Fiction Chapter Book

3. Nonfiction

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

E

B

What is it?

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Fic

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Nonfic

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33% 33%33%

1. Everybody

2. Fiction Chapter Book

3. Nonfiction

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

KOR

What is it?

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Fic

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Nonfic

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33% 33%33%

1. Everybody

2. Fiction Chapter Book

3. Nonfiction

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

625

FIR

What is it?

Eve

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Fic

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Nonfic

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33% 33%33%

1. Everybody

2. Fiction Chapter Book

3. Nonfiction

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

745

SMI