Essential Skills Software™.....

All Essential Skills educational software programs include a progress reporting system that tracks student achievement throughout each program. This feature provides an accurate reflection of how a student is performing in respect to the various skill areas within each program. Progress reports can be easily printed for individual students or an entire class.

Writing Skills Overview

Two in depth programs teach key concepts of the writing curriculum for grades 3 through 5. Students will also learn the components of a well-written, creative story and how to evaluate writing at four levels of complexity.

Creative Writing

Teaches students in grades 3 through 5 the components of a well-written, creative story. It also shows students how to evaluate writing at four levels of complexity.

Targeted Skills

• How to communicate ideas and information
• Writing for Specific Audiences
• Writing for Specific Purposes
• Story Building Skills
• Using Rubrics to Evaluate and Edit Written Work
  

Writing Fundamentals

This program uses a structured approach to teach key concepts of the writing curriculum for grades 3 to 5. Among other skills, students learn how to create clear, concise, interesting sentences and how to write a paragraph with a clear beginning, middle and end.

Targeted Skills

• Parts of Speech
• Sentence Structure
• Perfect Punctuation
• Vocabulary
• Dictionary Skills
• Satisfying Sentences
• Paragraphs
• Dialogue