Extra+Activities

Activity #1 (Pictures in lunch bags) Take paper lunch bags and write a Dewey classification number on the front of each one. Place one in the center of each table. Divide students into groups of 2-3. Hand out to each group a Ziplock bag filled with pictures from magazines or off of the internet. Each group can move from table to table placing the right picture in the corresponding Dewey bag. For example, a picture of a frog would go in the 500 bag. The more obscure the picture, the harder the activity will be.  Activity #2 (The eyes have it) This is an activity that will help students remember that animals are found in the 500s. This activity could work for different subjects and numbers. Print off of the internet pictures of animals. Place a white sheet of copy paper over each animal with a small square cut out to reveal the animal eye below it. Hang these in different areas of the media center. Hang 12 different animals. Have the students walk around with their blank list numbered 1-12 and have them try to guess which animal each eye belongs to and write down the answers. This is a two person activity. For a debriefing - discuss the answers and what animals they think the eyes belong to. Then reinforce that animals are found in the 500s. This can work for any subject. The kids love this, it gets them up and moving around and it's fun for them. This could be done with cars, dinosaurs, etc.  Activity #3 (Stack of books) I have a stack of (10-12) non fiction books at the front of the room. I hold up a book and the students decided which subject number this book could be found in. They are getting really good at this.  Activity #4 (Favorite Subjects) Using a white board have students tell you their favorite subjects to read about and have everyone decide what number of Dewey you would find a book about this subject. Write the list on the white board.  I always have the large Upstart Dewey bookmarks available on the tables as reference for them to look at, and I have the Upstart Dewey posters hanging on a bulletin board that they are free to look at. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Denise Fox Nelson <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Media Specialist/Computer Resource Teacher <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Wixom Elementary School <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">248-956-3408 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">