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title: 'Video: How first graders figure out the meaning of new words'
description: First-grade readers run into new words all the time. Find out how first graders figure out the meaning of new words they encounter.
slug: video-how-first-graders-figure-out-the-meaning-of-new-words
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-08-05T15:30:22.634Z'
thumbnail: https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/C5C8A2CDF540457D939034B47C9EB4FB/afaf6b4739a314245d09268244d98fe1/Video-HowFirstGradersFigureOutTheMeaningOfNewWords.jpg
source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-how-first-graders-figure-out-the-meaning-of-new-words
lang: en
---

# Video: How first graders figure out the meaning of new words

Beginning readers in first grade are constantly encountering new words. But they can often figure out what those words mean. Watch this video from [GreatSchools](https://www.greatschools.org/) to find out how.

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