Develop real-life editing skills for superior writing and top test scores! This fun, highly-effective educational app teaches students in Grades 2-3 grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and critical reading in a standards-based thinking approach instead of the usual drill and practice found in competing products. Students begin with an easy-to-understand lesson followed by activities that require students to carefully analyze and edit stories, letters, or articles that contain mechanical errors. This effective method allows students to gain mastery over concepts that will translate into their own writing. Editor in Chief® Beginning 1 includes lessons and practice with the following concepts: • Capitalization • Apostrophes • Commas • Exclamation Marks • Periods • Question Marks • Quotation Marks • Adjectives • Adverbs • Comparisons • Agreements • Articles • Homophones • Nouns • Pronouns • Run-On Sentences • Sentence Fragments • Verbs Grades: 2nd and 3rd (Ages 7-9 years old) Subjects: Language Arts and Critical Thinking Authors: Cherie A. Plant and Stephanie W. Stevens Software Features - 132 activities; 16 grammar lessons (in the full version, lite version has limited access) - Multiple-User Login - Guide to Grammar, Usage & Punctuation that teaches and reinforces concepts - Quick and detailed instructions - Saves unfinished games - Self-Grading with score tracking This app has won the following awards: 2014 Practical Homeschooling Reader Awards™ - Honorable Mention, Grammar Category, 2015 Practical Homeschooling Reader Awards™ - 3rd Place, Grammar Category, Creative Child Magazine 2015 Preferred Choice Award, Educational Books for Kids Category, Jenkins Group Moonbeam Children's Book Award, Bronze Medal, Learning® Magazine Recommended Resource for Successful Teaching, Mom's Choice Awards Gold Medal for Excellence, Practical Homeschooling First Place Grammar Award, Practical Homeschooling Magazine Interactive Learning Award, Practical Homeschooling Magazine Reader Award, Practical Homeschooling Magazine, 1st Place iLearning Award, Grammar Category, and Practical Homeschooling Software Award! Editor in Chief's standards-based approach sharpens students' language, reading, and thinking skills for better academic performance and higher scores on assessment tests including: Iowa Tests of Basic Skills® (ITBS®) Indiana Statewide Test for Educational Progress (ISTEP) Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) NYC English Language Arts Test (ELA) Stanford Achievement Test™ (SAT/10) California Achievement Tests (CAT/6) California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) New York State English Language Arts (ELA) Test Ohio Achievement Tests Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) North Carolina End of Grade Tests Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) Colorado Standard and Assessment Program (CSAP) and many more! ------------------------------------ Do you enjoy this app? Please help us by reviewing it in the App Store. We are a small, family owned business made up of just a handful of talented, innovative, hardworking people that take great pride in the learning products we produce. We would love to hear your experience so we can further improve our products. Thank you!