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title: 'Video: How second graders sound out tough words'
description: Find out what strategies second graders typically use to sound out words they don’t recognize.
slug: video-how-second-graders-sound-out-tough-words
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-10-16T11:56:09.428Z'
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source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-how-second-graders-sound-out-tough-words
lang: en
---

# Video: How second graders sound out tough words

Kids in second grade are still encountering words they don’t recognize. How do they figure out what they mean? Typically, they have a variety of strategies. Watch this video from Understood founding partner [GreatSchools](https://www.greatschools.org/) to find out what some of those strategies are.

[![Video](https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/337AFB51499B45B0823668C45471F617/3c6a14fa3cbe01de0422a915fabeb60b/HowToSayIt-HelpingYourGradeSchooler_WithDyslexiaSelfAdvocate.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/embed/57cLC_0hKrk)

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