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Card Catalog Cards

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Prepare students on how to use the library's card catalog system as well as the online version. Author, card catalog, the Dewey system, and so much more is addressed. This would be a great tool to use in the classroom or library.

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card catalogs, libraries, the dewey decimal system, authors

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author, books, card catalog, dewey decimal, library, english language arts
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Number of Slides
63

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