![STANDARDS
• By the end of year, read and comprehend informational
texts, including history/social studies, science, and
technical texts, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band
proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end
of the range. (ELA Reading Informational Text 10)
• By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature
[informational texts] at the high end of the
grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and
proficiently. (ELA Reading Informational Text 10)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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- 1. GENREFYING: HOW IT CHANGES YOUR LIBRARY FOR THE BETTER Guadalupe Colin Library Assistant Francis W. Parker School
- 2. STANDARDS • By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. (ELA Reading Informational Text 10) • By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature [informational texts] at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. (ELA Reading Informational Text 10)
- 3. WHY GENRES? • Genres will transform your collection • Non-fiction texts are essential for common core standards • Dewey is not easy
- 4. WHERE TO START • Decide what section to genrefy • Buy supplies (tape & labels) • Decide how to genrefy (classification) • Nothing is set in stone
- 5. METIS
- 6. METIS • Facts/Concepts • Machines • Science • Nature • Animals • Pets • MakingStuff • Arts • Sports • Ourselves • Community • USA (Then & Now) • Countries (Then & Now) • Languages • Traditions • Tales • Verse • Humor • Mystery • Adventure • Scary • Graphic Novel • Memoir • Fiction/Picture stories • Beginning fiction • Middle level fiction
- 7. METIS NONFICTION • Facts/Concepts • Machines • Science • Nature • Animals • Pets • MakingStuff • Arts • Sports • Ourselves • Community • USA (Then & Now) • Countries (Then & Now) • Languages • Traditions • Tales • Verse • Humor • Mystery • Adventure • Scary • Graphic Novel • Memoir • Fiction/Picture stories • Beginning fiction • Middle level fiction
- 8. MORE GENRES • Mythology • Mystery (not fiction) • Insects • History • Animals
- 9. SUBGENRES • Find specific books easier • Collection more manageable • Take into consideration the kind of books students ask for
- 10. EXAMPLES Pets • Dogs • Cats • Hamsters • Gerbils Animals • Giraffes • Wolves • Otters • Rabbits Ocean Animals • Dolphins • Fish • Whales • Manatees
- 11. IN THE CATALOG Example of genre and sub-genre • How-to: Crafts • Facts: Spies • Community: Families • Machines: Boats
- 12. DESTINY
- 13. FOLK & FAIRY TALES Genre and subgenre • Folk & Fairy Tales: Cinderella • Folk & Fairy Tales: Grimm Brothers • Folk & Fairy Tales: Latin America
- 14. DESTINY • Mighty Little Librarian blog recommends batch update • Catalog was inaccurate • Scan and change every book
- 17. CURRICULUM When creating genres keep the curriculum in mind • History: Middle Ages • Folk & Fairy Tales: Japan • History: Ancient Egypt
- 18. LABELING • Covered Dewey call number • Kept last name of author • Metis offers labels • Labeling by sections makes the process less confusing
- 21. CATALOGING • Scanned every book • Changed call number • Did not keep author’s last name except for Biography and Poetry • Labeling and cataloging took the longest
- 22. SIGNAGE • Signage for genres • Signage for subgenres • Signs on bookshelves • Guide for genres
- 25. RESPONSES FROM STUDENTS • From January 2015 to present: • Nonfiction: 2,164 • Fiction: 2,544 • “Kids are thinking ‘I want to go right to this section and read the books I like’”…”It was important to learn the Dewey Decimal System but it’s confusing and genres are an easier way to find the books we like” - Third Grader • “The idea of genres is genius, students know where everything is” - Fourth grader
- 26. RESPONSES FROM FACULTY/STAFF • “Shelving is so much easier” - Library Staff • “I can count on finding related books next to the one I’m looking for” - Teacher
- 27. WORKS CITED • Depolo, Steven. Asian Girl Reading a Book Next to Painting of Girl Reading Book Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Digital image. Flickr. 11 June 2011. Web. • Herzog, Brian. Library Street Signs. Digital image. Flickr. 8 June 2012. Web. • Kaplan, Tali Balas, Andrea Dolloff, Sue Giffard, and Jennifer Still-Schiff. "Are Dewey's Days Numbered?: Libraries Nationwide Are Ditching the Old Classification System." School Library Journal. 28 Sept. 2012. Web. 14 Mar. 2015. • Kaplan, Tali Balas, Andrea Dolloff, Sue Giffard, and Jennifer Still-Schiff. "Metis: Library Classification for Children." Metis Innovations. Web. 14 Mar. 2015. • Knott, Matthew. Pyramids. Digital image. Flickr. 10 Apr. 2006. Web. • LaBar, Martin. Monarch Butterfly on Butterfly Weed. Digital image. Flickr. 25 Aug. 2006. Web. • Michael. Chicago Bulls. Digital image. Flickr. 29 July 2009. Web. • Whitehead, Tiffany. "Ditching Dewey: Catalog Changes." Mighty Little Librarian. 12 Jan. 2014. Web. 14 Mar. 2015. • "English Language Arts Standards." Common Core State Standards Initiative. 1 Jan. 2015. Web. 14 Mar. 2015. • Spies. Digital image. Flickr. 18 Nov. 2011. Web.