---
title: 'Video: How fifth graders build vocabulary from reading'
description: Fifth graders usually learn almost 2,000 new words. Find out how they figure out new words they read.
slug: video-how-fifth-graders-build-vocabulary-from-reading
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-08-05T15:56:25.746Z'
thumbnail: https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/34F7B391DE714654B401D1E7AB8C9884/aaa7b7d0914f2224c28e044ecd18befe/VideoHow5thGradersBuildVocabularyFromReading.jpg
source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-how-fifth-graders-build-vocabulary-from-reading
lang: en
---

# Video: How fifth graders build vocabulary from reading

In fifth grade, most kids learn almost 2,000 new words. Many of them will come from reading. Watch this video from Understood founding partner [GreatSchools](https://www.greatschools.org/) to understand how fifth graders figure out the meaning of a word they don’t know.

[![Video](https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/34F7B391DE714654B401D1E7AB8C9884/aaa7b7d0914f2224c28e044ecd18befe/VideoHow5thGradersBuildVocabularyFromReading.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/embed/CvIT8CFBviM)

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