Mitby's TV and Appliance
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Mitby’s TV and Appliance
Contributing researchers:
Arturo Acosta
Logan Christianson
Irving Diaz
Ethan Harris
Noah Hemmersbach
Amber Hoeft
Mira Mellen
Edgar Mosqueda
Keona Mickelson
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 of Mitby’s TV and
Appliance • Business opened in 1945
• Lester Mitby
• Mitby family business
• Refrigerators were the first
appliance sold
• Expanded by purchasing other
buildings
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Goods or Services? The goods they sell to customers
are appliances and TV’s.
The services they provide are fix-
ing appliances and TV’s.
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What You Can Find/See
• Refrigerators
• Washers and Dryers
• Stoves
• Dishwashers
• Microwaves
• TV’s
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Photos and Captions
Mike Mitby is the third genera-
tion working at his family busi-
ness.
Electronic boards found inside appliances.
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Using Math They use math by adding money
and ordering the right number of
parts.
They also use math for billing.
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Reading and Writing • They need to read manuals.
• They need to fill out and read
paper work.
• They need to read addresses to
deliver.
• They need to read to under-
stand costs.
• They need to write good
advertisements.
• They also need to write letters to
customers.
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What If You Worked Here?
• Logan would be a delivery guy
• Mira would be a seller
• Irving would fix people’s things
• Keona would bake things in the
ovens
• Noah would put more applianc-
es and TV’s in
• Arturo would help if something
was really hard
• Ethan would be the boss there
• Amber would show people
around
• Edgar would fix TV’s
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Interesting Facts • They have delivery trucks
• They have old fashioned TV’s
• They have many different kinds
and sizes of TV’s
• They sell 30 appliances a week
• They fix 20 appliances a day
• The delivery men have to move
300 pound appliances
• The building is more than 100
years old
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Glossary • Business- a store or a factory
• Appliances– a small machine that has
a particular use
• Customers– a person who buys some-
thing
• Manuals– a book that gives instruc-
tions or information
• Billing– a notice of money for some-
thing bought or for work done
• Advertisement– a public announce-
ment describing what is special or
good about something
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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