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title: 'Video: How first graders sound out new words'
description: First graders have certain strategies for decoding words. Find out what methods kids in first grade may use to sound out new words.
slug: video-how-first-graders-sound-out-new-words
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-10-16T11:48:00.302Z'
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source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-how-first-graders-sound-out-new-words
lang: en
---

# Video: How first graders sound out new words

First graders usually have a few different ways to decode new words. Watch this video from [GreatSchools](https://www.greatschools.org/) to find out what those strategies are.

[![Video](https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/130D8BB5AF8E460390E068DAA12DBF99/64a2db01d2e8165d15dad07ad1b9c780/Video-HowFirstGradersSoundOutNewWords.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hvtu3yeXESs)

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