Cashton Community Series

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Pasture Pride

Contributing researchers:

Madison Hansbery

Jack Schreier

Jonathan Harris

Sydney Helgerson

Harley Boyer

Yair Sanjuan

Connor Butzler

Marcos Mendoza

Lana Gretebeck

Copyright @2012. Cashton Elementary Press

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Table of Contents

History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Goods or Services? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

What You Can Find / See . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Reading and Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

What If You Worked Here? . . . . . . . . . . 10

Interesting Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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History The factory has been in business for

20 years. They ran out of room so

they had to build a new place.

They have been in Cashton for ten

years.

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Goods or Services? They provide 60 different kinds of

cheese for customers to

purchase.

They have eight full time

employees and eight part time

employees.

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What You Can Find/See

• 60 kinds of cheese

• Cooler

• Workers making cheese

• Clerk at the checkout

• Warehouse

• Big Office

• Big mouse statue outside of the building

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Photos and Captions

We are listening

to our tour guide

who is telling us

about the

business.

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Using Math

They have to know how to cut and

weigh the cheese. They have to

count the number of boxes. They

need to count money.

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Reading and Writing

They have to know the date of when

the cheese was made. They need to

read the directions for how to make

the cheese. They also need to know

the kinds of cheeses. They write down

the orders for cheese.

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What If You Worked Here?

You would wear a special uniform. You

would have to wear hair nets so that

your hair doesn’t get into the cheese.

You would receive special training.

You would work in the cheese lab. You

would get to cut and wrap cheese.

You would put cheese out on display in

the store. You might give tours of the

store. You need to be nice to others.

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Interesting Facts • Sells 60 different kinds of cheese

• Some cheese weighed 40 pounds

• Famous for their Guusto baked cheese

• 34 degrees in the warehouse

• They ship cheese all over the United

States and Canada.

• Our class sampled three kinds of cheese

(Cheddar, Colby-jack, and Mozzarella)

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Map

Pasture Pride is located at 110 Eagle

Drive in Cashton, Wisconsin. For more

information, visit their website - http://

www.pasturepridecheese.com/.

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Glossary

Clerk— a person who sells things in a

store

Cooler— a place to keep things cold

Employees—someone who works for

someone for money

Lab—room which has special

equipment

Purchase—to get something by paying

money

Services— help given by a person with

special training

Warehouse— a large building where

merchandise is stored

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About the Project

The Cashton Elementary First Graders

visited many places in order to learn

about the goods and services our com-

munity provides to the people who live

here. A huge thanks to all of the busi-

nesses we contacted who graciously al-

lowed us to visit and learn. If you have

questions about this project or would

like to be included in the future, please

contact one of the following teachers

at the Elementary School (608-654-

7377).

Rachel Huntzicker

Beth Lee

Dawn Stalsberg