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title: 'Video: How fifth graders write informational essays'
description: 'Find out what most fifth graders know about writing structured, informational essays with supporting details. '
slug: video-how-fifth-graders-write-informational-essays
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-10-16T11:48:39.325Z'
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source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-how-fifth-graders-write-informational-essays
lang: en
---

# Video: How fifth graders write informational essays

Most kids in fifth grade know how to write an introduction, thesis statement, and conclusion for an essay. And they can provide detailed support for their ideas. Find out more about how fifth graders typically write essays in this video from [GreatSchools](https://www.greatschools.org/).

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