IT IS NON-FICTION TIME!!!!!!

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IT IS NON-FICTION TIME!!!!!!

• Numbers on the spine
• Information about things
• Knowledge on a subject

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Time for Nonfiction by Patti Evans Carlisle
Elementary
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• Numbers mean non-fiction
• Numbers mean non-fiction
• Numbers mean non-fiction
• Non-fiction books have numbers

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• Numbers mean non-fiction
• Numbers mean non-fiction
• Numbers mean non-fiction
• Non-fiction books have numbers

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

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500s

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

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500s.Natural Science count
by 10s

• 500
• 510
• 520
• 530
• 540

• 550
• 560
• 570
• 580
• 590

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500s

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

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Animal books are located at 590 and you may
check out any book that starts with 59_

• Count by 1s
• 590
• 591
• 592
• 593
• 594

• 595
• 596
• 597
• 598
• 599

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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

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• 595 Insectsbutterflies, bees, spiders
• 596 Vertebratesskeletons
• 597 Cold blooded vertebrates.Sharks,
  snakes, fish, turtles, frogs
• 598 Birdsowls, falcons
• 599 Mammalslions, monkeys, whales,
  bats, giraffes, deer, coyotes, etc.

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Lets get ready to check out.

• Select 1 Easy Fiction first
• Select your choice - today that would be a
  Non-fiction from the 590s
• (must have the orange dot)