Cashton Community Series

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Post Office

Contributing researchers:

Madison Hansbery

Sydney Helgerson

Jack Schreier

Jonathan Harris

Harley Boyer

Marcos Mendoza

Yair Sanjuan

Lana Gretebeck

Connor Butzler

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

Benjamin Franklin started the post

office in 1775. They used to deliver mail

with horse and buggy and then trains.

But today, mail is delivered by cars,

trucks, and airplanes.

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Goods or Services?

They sort and deliver mail for all

Cashton addresses. They mail letters

and packages. They sell boxes,

stamps, and money orders.

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What You Can Find/See

• Mailboxes

• Letters

• Bell(To ring for service)

• Mail slot

• Blue mailbox outside the post

office

• Computers

• Stamps

• Money

• Mail

• Packages

• Mailbag

• Cart for packages

• Postmaster

• Desks

• Instruction books

• Special lamps

• Magazines

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Photos and Captions

Below is a picture of the

mailboxes that we saw at the post office.

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Using Math

They count money. They need to know

how much stamps cost.

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Reading and Writing

They read addresses. They sort

mail to be delivered to the right

address.

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What If You Worked Here?

• You would sort mail.

• You would help people.

• You would deliver mail.

• You would send mail to

other places.

• You would sort and sell

stamps.

• You would put mail in

mailboxes.

• You could write out

money orders for

customers.

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Interesting Facts

• Post office sells stamps.

• They sort and deliver mail.

• They use computers.

• Post Office started in 1775.

• They used to deliver mail with horses.

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Map

The Post Office is located at 911 Front

Street.

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Glossary

Deliver— to bring or transport to the

proper place or person

Money Orders— payment order for an

amount of money

Postmaster— head of an individual post

office

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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