Maplewood Elementary Book and Puzzle Swap
Attention all Maplewood Elementary students and families! Do you have shelves packed with adventure stories you have already finished? Are your closets filled with jigsaw puzzles that you have assembled again and again? Instead of letting those wonderful items gather dust in your bedroom, give them a brand-new life at our first annual Spring Book and Puzzle Swap!
This community event is a fun and simple way to refresh your home library without spending any money. Every student who brings in a gently used book or complete puzzle will earn swap tickets. Later in the week, students will use those tickets to select "new-to-you" treasures to take home and enjoy during the upcoming vacation.
Important Dates and Location
- Donation Drop-Off Days: Tuesday, April 8, through Thursday, April 10 (8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. each morning)
- Drop-Off Location: The collection station in the front lobby, right outside the main office
- Swap Browsing Day: Friday, April 11, during your class's scheduled library visit
- Swap Location: The school library media center
What You Can Bring
We want to ensure that every participant finds something fun, safe, and exciting to read or build. Please review these simple donation guidelines carefully before packing your backpack:
- annual:
- Happening or returning once every year.
- community:
- A group of people living, working, or learning together in the same area.
- guidelines:
- Rules or instructions that explain how something should be done.
- intact:
- Whole and complete, without being broken or damaged.
- inspect:
- To look at something very closely and carefully to check its condition.
- volunteers:
- People who offer to do work or help others without getting paid.
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- 2Where and when should students bring their items to drop them off?
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“Maplewood Elementary Book and Puzzle Swap” is a announcement reading passage about school book and puzzle swap, written for 4th Grade. It takes about 4 minutes to read (536 words) and comes with an interactive quiz and a printable worksheet with comprehension questions and an answer key.