LETS LEARN ABOUT

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LETS LEARN ABOUT

• CALL NUMBERS

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REMEMBER

• A CALL NUMBER IS LIKE THE BOOKS ADDRESS IN
  THE LIBRARY. IT TELLS WHERE THE BOOK LIVES ON
  THE LIBRARY SHELVES.

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OUR LIBRARY HAS TWO KINDS OF BOOKS.

• FICTION
• NONFICTION

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• TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LEARN THE RECIPE
  FOR MAKING CALL NUMBERS FOR FICTION BOOKS.

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A FICTION CALL NUMBER IS MADE UP OF TWO PARTS

• FIC for fiction
• The first three letters in the authors last name.

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• SO, THE FICTION CALL NUMBER FOR A BOOK
  BY GARY PAULSEN WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS
• FIC
• PAU

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• WHAT WOULD THE CALL NUMBER FOR A BOOK BY
  ANNE SCHRAFF LOOK LIKE?
• FIC
• SCH

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HOW DO WE PUT FICTION BOOKS IN ORDER ON
THE SHELVES?

• THINK! HOW CAN WE PUT LETTERS IN ORDER?
• THATS RIGHT! FICTION CALL NUMBERS ARE IN
  ALPHABETICAL OR ABC ORDER.

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LETS SEE IFYOU CAN TELL THE CALL NUMBER OF
THESE FICTION BOOKS.
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Twilight BY Stephanie Meyer

• FIC
• MEY

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The Sea of Monsters BY Rick Riordan

• FIC
• RIO

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Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

• FIC
• CAB