Library Lesson: Dewey Decimals with 6th Grade Math

Make your Dewey Decimal Library Lesson more authentic and relevant by inviting 6g Math classes to review decimal place values and sequencing!

Students & teachers love this Library Lesson that activates prior knowledge at the beginning of their 6g Math decimal unit. Do this lesson, and your math teachers will come to you every year asking when you'll schedule their visit!

"In math, each place in a decimal number has a value:

hundreds, tens, ones, tenths, hundredths, thousandths.

Likewise in the library, each place in a Dewey Decimal number has a value,

and the value is a Subject or topic of knowledge."

A hands-on activity has students place a personal, self-created Dewey Decimal number in the correct location on the shelves. (Similar to my 6g Orientation Fiction activity.)

This single-visit lesson packet includes a Common Core and NSLS aligned Lesson Plan, a 9-slide presentation, PDF slide notes, and a double-sided Dewey bookmark handout for students.