Curricular Materials

Going forward all curricular will get call numbers corresponding with the following Dewey range (from the DDC 22, pp.797-807):

Elementary Education

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     .3 = Computers, science, technology, health (including nature study, environmental study, sex education, nutrition and food, etc.)

     .4 = Reading 

     .5 = Creative and manual arts (including drawing, painting, design, modeling and sculpture, handicrafts, etc.)

     .6 = Language arts (communication skills) (including grammar, speech, composition, spelling and handwriting, foreign languages

           and bilingual instruction, Drama, storytelling, etc.)

     .7 = Mathematics

     .8 = Other studies (including Home economics, family life education, Social Studies, Religion, Physical education, Dance, Music, History and Geography, etc.)

The numbers are then cuttered by publisher (Scott Foresman, Hoghton Mifflin, etc.) with a title mark indicating the series title (Investigations, EnVision, Reading Street, etc) with additional letters added in the case of identical cutter numbers.

For graded materials, including textbooks, the indication of the grade will be listed in the call number, after the cutter (e.g. Gr.1, Gr.K, Gr.6, etc.) to distinguish items within an entire K-6 or K-8 program.  The volume number will be included in the item record and should be printed onto the spine label.

A colored sticker indicating grade level will be applied to the spine for ease of browsing and shelving.