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