Cashton Community Series

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Title of Business

Contributing researchers:

Chase Olson

Hannah Hemmersbach

Henry Brueggen

Hunter Clemmerson

Alannah Welda

Brayden Barner

Zack Flick

Kylie Lemke

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

Mabel’s on Main opened

8 years ago.

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Goods or Services?

Mabel’s on Main sells gifts,

plants, flowers, jewelry,

decorations and balloons.

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What You Can Find/See Flowers

• Sunflowers

• Roses

• Tulips

• Daffodils

• Daisies

• Carnations

• Lilies

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Photos and Captions

You can buy many

different kinds of gifts at

Mabel’s on Main.

You can also

buy beautiful

jewelry.

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Using Math

Kelly uses math to add the

costs of her plants and

flowers.

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Reading and Writing She writes down an order on her

order pad. She reads from her

computer and magazines to get

ideas for flower arrangements.

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What If You Worked Here?

You have to smile and be

friendly to your customers.

You need to have a

sense of color, design and

be creative.

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Interesting Facts Plants are delivered by truck from

Wausau, Wisconsin to Mabel’s on

Main.

Kelly started her business

because she arranged flowers for

a wedding and then decided to

start her own flower business in her

father’s building.

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Map

Mabel’s on Main is located at 903 Main

Street.

Photo ?

Mabel’s on Main

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Glossary

Creative– the ability to make new and

different things

Decorations-ornaments and flowers.

Flower Arrangements– vases with wa-

ter and flowers

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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