Introduction to Seattle Chinese School Curriculum
College, high school language program and career preparation are the goals of the Seattle Chinese
School curriculum. All students are required to complete a core curriculum: Mandarin Phonetic
symbols, spelling, recognizing the four tones, introduction to basic writing, phrases and sentences,
Chinese cultural studies, and speech education. Technology tools are available to support classroom
learning. A more detailed summary of school year curriculum is listed on a separate sheet.
Our school offers a variety of Chinese cultural programs to suit every interest. As a supplement to
their class learning experiences, students may continue their learning at home through our school’s
website’s hyperlink to access well established quality educational programs. In addition, our
library also provides good collections of video-audio programs and books that can be accessed by
both teachers and parents as tools for home learning process.
All of our students are required to participate in an annual speech contest as well as a writing and
reading competency test to demonstrate their language capacity. Graduation class students always
demonstrate their competency in reading and writing by giving a short speech at the open graduation
ceremony in June.
The Seattle Chinese School Curriculum Group
http://www.SeattleChineseSchool.org
Seattle Chinese School Curriculum
Learning Levels
Revised on 8/2004
Curriculum Content Summary
Kindergarten
Phonetic Grade
Textbook: Mandarin Phonetic Book
Phonetic symbols, spelling, and recognizing the four tones. Introduction to basic writing, children’s songs
and story telling.
1st Grade
Textbook: New Elementary Chinese Book 1; Supplement: frequent use vocabulary
More drills on Phonetic symbols, spelling and four tones; How to make a phrase and sentence; introduction
to the dictionary; ethics education; character list line 1-6
Beginner
2nd Grade
Textbook: New Elementary Chinese Book 2; Supplement: frequent use vocabulary
How to make a phrase and sentence; use of a dictionary; ethics education; character list line 1-10
rd
3 Grade
Textbook: New Elementary Chinese Book 3; Supplement: frequent use vocabulary
How to make a phrase and sentence; use of a dictionary; ethics education; character list line 1-14
th
4 Grade
Textbook: Elementary Chinese Book 4; Supplement: “I Can Read”
How to make a phrase and sentence; use of a dictionary; ethics education; character list line 1-18
Intermediate
5th Grade
Textbook: Elementary Chinese Book 5; Supplement: “I Can Read”
How to make a phrase, sentence and paragraph; practical idioms; recognize double-words;
ethics education; character list line 1-22
6th Grade
Textbook: Elementary Chinese Book 6; Supplement: “I Can Read”
How to make a phrase, sentence and paragraph; practical idioms; recognize double-words;
ethics education; character list line 1-26
7th Grade
Textbook: Elementary Chinese Book 7; Supplement: “I Can Read”
How to make a phrase, sentence and paragraph; practical idioms; ethics education; character list line 1-30
Advanced
8th Grade
Textbook: Elementary Chinese Book 8; Supplement: “I Can Read”
How to make a phrase, compound sentences and paragraphs; introduction to Phonetic transcription system
(Pin-Yin); Chinese idioms; SAT II Chinese; ethics education; character list line 1-34
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9 Grade
Textbook: High school Chinese Book 9; Supplement: “Practical Chinese”
How to make a phrase, compound sentences and paragraphs; introduction to Phonetic transcription system
(Pin-Yin); Chinese idioms; SAT II Chinese; writing short essays; ethics education; character list line 1-38
10th Grade
Textbook: High school Chinese Book 10; Supplement: “Practical Chinese”
How to make a phrase, compound sentences and paragraphs; Phonetic transcription system (Pin-Yin);
Chinese idioms; SAT II Chinese; Translation; writing short essays; ethics education; character list line 1-44