English Language Arts
Our English Language Arts curriculum aligns with the most current Minnesota State Standards for ELA. Through a lengthy exploration in the summer 2010, a curriculum team of ELA teachers at Yinghua examined United States and Minnesota state standards and updated our program to include guided reading groups based on students’ Lexile level, different types of writing embedded in content, based on Core Knowledge standards and Advanced Placement tests, and the Orton-Gillingham approach to introducing phonics and word exploration.
Our theme and content-based curriculum is integrated across languages and subjects, and embeds performance-based tasks for assessment. Our ELA teachers work with our Chinese teachers to synchronize their lesson plans, to accelerate the transfer of literacy skills students learn in both languages.
Additional Resources:
The link below contains the Minnesota State Standards for ELA, updated 2010 (current standards) as well as the 2020 state standards which go into effect in the 2025-26 school year:
The link below contains Yinghua Academy’s Local Literacy Plan.