Dewey by Month

August - Country or Travel Books

September - Study Skills, Hispanic American History, September 11th 

October - Scary, Unexplained, “Stranger than fiction” , National Bullying Month, Indegenous People's Day

November - True Crime, Military, Native Americans

December - Holidays, Holocaust

January - self help, New Year, New You

February - African American History, Valentines

March - Animals, Fairytales, Women's History Month

April - Environment, Poetry

May - Sports, Testing, Military

June - College and Career

July - Revolutionary War, Independence, Military

Dewey by the numbers

Do We Know Dewey Blog Post from Mrs. G Talks Books

000

“How to be a billionaire” (Bill Gates/computer display) All year

“Stranger than fiction” (UFO’s witches, vampires, etc.) October

100

 “Help yourself” (New Year’s Resolutions) January

New Year, New You

200 

“Choose your Odyssey” (mythology) Collaborate with English or Ancient History

300 

“What's your problem?” (issues) October / Teen Read Week

“You’ve got to fight for the right…” (civil rights) January/Feb

358.4 Military “United we Stand” September/November/May

“Who do you want to be?” (careers) June

“Celebration!” (holidays and celebrations) December

398.2  “Magic and Monsters” folktales and fairytales March/St Patrick's day

400 /800 (R) “HELP” (homework aids) September

500

 “Save the Planet” (earth, environment) April earth day

“Dewey see what I see” (Eyewitness books) December

600

 “What’s Cooking?” (cookbooks) Thanksgiving/November

“Life in the Fast Lane” (cars, vehicles)

“Sicko” (diseases) Collaborate with Science/Health

623.4 Military Weapons on Memorial Day and Veteran's Day

700

796  “Be a Sport” (Physical Fitness Month) May

“I Can Draw” (how to draw–Napoleon Dynamite) Feburary/Valentine’s day

741.5 “Get Graphic” (graphic novels) All Year

“Rock and Roll is here to stay” (Music history) Collaborate with Music

800 

“Bust a Rhyme” (poetry) April

811 Poem in My Pocket Day

“Where do I start?” (Big6 research resources) End of year projects

818 Jokes (April)

900 

“Walk in someone's shoes” (biography) Collaborate with English

“Where in the world?” (travel or country books) Spring Break or Summer

“It’s on the Test!” (History Standards) Collaborate with History

“What was it like when…” (Historical time periods with Novels)

Dust Bowl/Depression with Out of the Dust by Karen Heese

940.53 Holocaust with Night by Elie Weisel or The Diary of Anne Frank

Gold Rush with The Call of the Wild by Jack London Collaborate with English

973.931 September 11th

See Also:

• Dewey of the Week from the Book Wrangler