Spanish
Welcome to Spanish!
¡Hola! I'm Señora Bast. I've taught in West Bend for over 20 years, including at the high schools, Badger and Silverbrook. I love teaching Spanish and sharing my experiences of living in Spain and traveling to Costa Rica, Puerto Rico and Mexico. I'm looking forward to meeting next year's 5th graders!
¡Hola estudiantes y familias! I am Señora Knox. I grew up and went to school in West Bend, and have been back teaching Spanish here at Silverbrook for 8 years. I have spent some time living in Spain, and have also traveled to Mexico and Peru. I love teaching Spanish and sharing both the language and culture with students!
Silverbrook Spanish class:
We are very active in Spanish class!
Students will work on all four language skills: reading, listening, speaking, writing. To work towards proficiency in each of these areas, we will have conversations with each other, build comprehension through songs, stories, and videos, and engage in a variety of games and writing activities to improve their language skills.
We meet every other day at Silverbrook with a Day 1/Day 2 schedule.
Students will hear mostly Spanish in class and understand most of what they hear! This happens through many types of input that are personalized, meaningful, relevant, and connected to Spanish-speaking cultures. We use stories, music, actions and visuals to gradually and naturally expand their exposure to language. This is how you learned your first language!
High School Travel Opportunities
Students who choose to continue learning Spanish will have the opportunity to travel to Spanish speaking countries.
Past trips have included Spain, Peru, Guatemala, Panama and Costa Rica.
Here are some photos of Spanish class from this year and previous years
THe West Bend School District World Language Model
5 Important facts about World Languages
In the WBSD
Early Start + Long Sequence = Success
World Language is mandatory at Silverbrook. This early start is crucial and unique to the WBSD. For best success, students are encouraged to maintain an uninterrupted language sequence from Silverbrook through high school, so choose wisely!
If your child continues their world language at Badger, they receive a third semester of Level I in 7th grade and then everyday language study in 8th grade which matches the content and expectations of the high school Level II course. As a result students earn a full high school credit in 8th grade! This is not possible in other school districts.
If your child continues World Language study in high school, your child will be able to receive college credit for high school courses, once they enroll in an institution of higher learning. Many state colleges have a World Language graduation requirement that can be met through the completion of high school courses which of course are FREE.
4. If your child continues World Language study in college, the UW system offers
up to 16 retro-active college credits to students who complete at least one semester and
receive a B or better in the class. This is separate from and often in addition to AP credit that
could be awarded by taking the AP test. This can result in tremendous cost savings. World
Language is the only field that offers this advantage to students!
5. NEW -- Level VI is a new course that will help students prepare for the AP test and
other college entrance tests in their target language. It is available to high school
seniors who have participated in the WBSD sequence of early start + long
sequence.
Please consider carefully the language you would like to learn! Direct further questions to:
French: csimmer@wbsd-schools.org Spanish: cbast@wbsd-schools.org
German: lswanta@wbsd-schools.org bknox@wbsd-schools.org
WBSD World Language Motto:
It pays to stay!
More on College Retro Credits can be found at the following link
https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/cal/pdf/feunrcred.pdf