Fiction Call Numbers
The call number order that fiction books are ordered in.
What is alphabetical order?
A rule we can quickly follow to see if a book is "Just Right" for us.
What is the Five Finger Rule?
The call number order that nonfiction books are ordered in.
What is numerical order?
This is the 100's area that has History & Geography books.
What is the 900's?
I can read this nonfiction book and learn how to do or make something using the step-by-step directions in the book.
What is active nonfiction?
When I am putting fiction books into order and I look at the call number of the books, This is the first step I take.
What is checking the first letter of the call number?
(True or False) I know who the characters are and what they are doing, so I know this is a book I will be able to read.
What is true?
This is the first step you need to take if you want to make sure that the nonfiction call numbers are in the right order.
What is check the first number of the call number?
This is the 100's area that has books on art, sports, music, and informational books for video games.
What is the 700's?
I can read this nonfiction book about a real person's life and it tells it to me like a story!
What is narrative nonfiction?
If I look at 2 fiction call numbers, and they both start with the same first letter, I do this to see which one comes first.
What is check the next (or second) letter?
The number of new words on the first page of a book that tells us that it is "Just Right" or will challenge us.
What are 2-3 words?
Between 741.5 CAT and 741.15 JES, this call number come first in this order.
What is 741.15 JES?
This is the 100's area that has books on languages, including how to speak or write in another language.
What is the 400's?
I can read this nonfiction book and it just shares information, no story, just plain facts from front to back.
What is traditional nonfiction?
Between F TEL and F TIL, which one comes first in order?
What is F TEL?
What is the summary or the back of the book?
When a nonfiction call number has the exact same number as another, I can check this next to see which book should come first in call number order.
What is checking the letters?
This is the 100's area that has books on natural science, including animals, plants, weather, and dinosaurs.
What is the 500's?
I can read this nonfiction book in any order, there is no story, just fun facts on each page we can browse on any page, I can read any page in any order.
What is browseable nonfiction?
F GEL, F GAM, F GEN, between these three call numbers, this is the correct order.
What is F GAM, F GEL, and F GEN?
Aside from the five finger rule, this is the other big question you need to think about after reading the first page of a book to see if it is "Just Right" for you.
What is understanding the story?
674.2 AAR, 632.1 JIM, 674.1 ALM, Between these three call numbers, this is the correct order.
What is 632.1 JIM, 674.1 ALM, and 674.2 AAR?
This is the 100's area that has books on technology, like cars and robots. You can also find cookbooks in this area.
What is the 600's
I can read this nonfiction book that looks made up, has a lot of exaggerated pictures that tell a story, but it still is sharing real-world information, just in a fun way.
What is expository nonfiction?