1. IT IS NON-FICTION TIME!!!!!! Numbers on the spine Information about things Knowledge on a subject

2. Time for Nonfiction by Patti Evans Carlisle Elementary

3. Numbers mean non-fiction Numbers mean non-fiction Numbers mean non-fiction Non-fiction books have numbers

4. Numbers mean non-fiction Numbers mean non-fiction Numbers mean non-fiction Non-fiction books have numbers

5. Numbers mean the book is by Dewey Decimal Classification There are 10 major subjects in the non- fiction section

6. 500’s Today we are going to look at the 500’s. NATURAL SCIENCE - things that occur in the world naturally Everything that begins with a 5 is part of natural science

7. 500’s…….Natural Science count by 10’s 500 510 520 530 540 550 560 570 580 590

8. 500’s Each area of the 500’s deals with a different part of the subject - Natural Science Last year we checked out - animal books. These are located in the 590’s Animals occur in the world - naturally.

9. A nimal books are located at 590 and you may check out any book that starts with 59_ Count by 1’s 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599

10. To be more specific… you will find books on these topics at these numbers 590 Zoos 591 Natural history of Animals 592 Invertebrates… worms 593 Marine invertebrates, Jellyfish, starfish 594 Seashells, octopus, snails

11. 595 Insects…butterflies, bees, spiders 596 Vertebrates…skeletons 597 Cold blooded vertebrates….Sharks, snakes, fish, turtles, frogs 598 Birds…owls, falcons 599 Mammals…lions, monkeys, whales, bats, giraffes, deer, coyotes, etc.

12. Let’s get ready to check out…. Select 1 Easy Fiction first Select your choice - today that would be a Non-fiction from the 590’s (must have the orange dot)