Library Character Counts
This is how students enter the library
What is: Quietly?
The Dewey Decimal System is a system used to _______ books and other multi-media items
What is: organize?
Sam-I-am tries them...would you?
What is Green Eggs and Ham?
A Dictionary can help me do this
What is: find the meanings of words?
DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS!!
What is E? Bonus for E WIL
This item is where we place our books we brought from home/classroom
What is: The Book Return Cart
The label on the book's spine that gives us the section of the library, and the first 3 letters of the author's last name, is known as a call___
what is call number?
This book is named after the awful reptile who has "secret plans and clever tricks" and whose villainous plots are foiled by heroes: Muggle Wump the Monkey, Humpy-Rumpy the Hippo, Roly Poly Bird, and Trunky the Elephant
What is: The Enormous Crocodile?
Time to plan for my next vacation to another country...Fiji maybe? I think this book would help me just "A"-okay with the maps
What is an atlas?
Grrrrrr....My stomach is rumbling I think I will check out a book to make a delicious pizza! I can find the cookbooks in this number section
What are the 600s
This is something students can do when they see books on the floor, messy shelves, or shelf markers left behind
what is: pick them up/fix it/ put them away?
In the Dewey Decimal System, books are organized by author's last name in _______ order
What is alphabetical/ABC order?
In this book Jim-Panzee teaches us that sometimes we just have bad days, but that they will get better. The other jungle animals try to get him to cheer up
What is: Grumpy Monkey?
A Thesaurus, not to be confused with Tyrannosaurus (Rex that is), can help me finish this essay! Oh joy! Oh happiness! Oh delight!
What is: find lists of words that are related to each other/ have similar meanings?
The story of Claude Monet's life can be found in this section: B MON
What is Biography?
We don't eat or drink next to our books and we keep our books away from baby siblings and cousins and also keep them away from these 4-legged friends:
What are: pets?
In this library there are several sections: E for ____, F/FIC for ____, REF for _____, B for ____, and for example: 463.4 for ____
Name what 3 of the 5 sections stand for
What are:
Easy
Fiction
Reference
Biography
Nonfiction
Dog names Ike goes to Obedience School from where he writes to his owner claiming it is a horrible place, but really it's a fun place for doggies!
What is: Dear Mrs. LaRue
If you love information, you will find tons of information about many different topics, organized alphabetically in this type of book...But "E"eek! Where to start?
What is an Encyclopedia?
Sports can be found in under this #
What are the 700s?
The 3 R's stand for 3 behaviors we use in the library
What are: Responsible, Respectful, and Reflective?
Responsible for creating the Dewey Decimal System, a system used throughout U.S. libraries and even in libraries around the world: Mr. Dewey's first name
Who is: Melville?
A Book Series following Jack and Annie on their adventures to different locations and times in history
What is the Magic Treehouse Series?
This type of book typically has a calendar with important dates and other information and one widely known edition is called The Farmer's ____
What is Almanac?
Other languages can be found in this 100's section:
What are the 400s?