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title: 'Video: How fifth graders research and organize essays'
description: In fifth grade, essays get more complicated. Find out what new strategies fifth graders use to organize their ideas when writing an essay.
slug: video-how-fifth-graders-research-and-organize-essays
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-08-05T15:48:33.270Z'
thumbnail: https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/F8825F76A256419EA9FC71DE0BCC0757/5284503f74e077e1b604a21207e8ddee/VideoCanYour5thGraderGet_OrganizedToWriteAnEssay_.jpg
source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-how-fifth-graders-research-and-organize-essays
lang: en
---

# Video: How fifth graders research and organize essays

The essays kids write in fifth grade begin to become more complicated. So the work they do to organize their ideas is usually more complex, too. Watch this video from [GreatSchools](https://www.greatschools.org/) to see some ways kids this age develop their thoughts before writing an essay.

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