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How Well Do YOU Know Your Media Center?

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Dewey Decimal SystemDid You Know?

• Dewey Decimal system has a number for ALL books. Just because it’s in the Dewey Decimal system doesn’t mean it’s non-fiction

• Some examples of books that are not non-fiction are: Folk & Fairy Tales 398 & 398.2, Riddles, Poetry 811, and Plays 812

• Fiction books could actually be put in the 813s!

What does RC stand for?

Reading Counts!

What does it mean when a book is a Reading Counts book?

We have a quiz for it!

It has a Reading Levelassigned to it.

It has a Lexile number assigned to it.

It has a label at the bottom and sometimes a green dot at the top.

All our Reading Counts books are on this side of the Media Center.

Young Hoosier BooksThey’re Reading Counts, too!

Reading Counts Fiction

Reading Counts Fiction

Reading Counts Non-FictionThey’re grouped by numbers like RC 398.3 Sch.

Reading Counts Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction Shelving

• Non-fiction books are first shelved by their number and then by the letters following their numbers. For example:

• 900 Alb • 901 Alb• 901.05 Alb• 901.5 Alb

Are these in correct order?

Reading Counts Biographies

Reading Counts Biographies

Reading Counts Biographies

These books are shelved with a B(for Biography) and the first 3 Letters of the person’s name.

For example, a biography aboutGeorge Washington would beRC B Was

Correct Order for RC Biographies

B AdaB AikB Ale

Reading Counts Story Collection

Non-Fiction BooksThese books are shelved by numbers and letters like 546.3 Nef

Book Drop Off

Do you know about inter-library loan?

1. You can order a book from another school.2. It will arrive in about 2-3 days.3. You have two weeks to read and return the book.4. There is no charge.5. We can order from any school in our school corporation.