---
title: 'Video: How third graders figure out the meaning of new words'
description: Find out the strategies third graders typically use to figure out the meaning of new words.
slug: video-how-third-graders-figure-out-the-meaning-of-new-words
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-10-16T11:48:12.041Z'
thumbnail: https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/78BB8D88CC524430A22CE7FA0FF162ED/47aea270045fcb135efac9bdeb5e0500/VideoHowThirdGradersFigureOutTheMeaningOfNewWords.jpg
source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-how-third-graders-figure-out-the-meaning-of-new-words
lang: en
---

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

Kids in third grade are still learning lots of new words. They usually have several strategies for figuring out the meaning of words they haven’t seen before. Watch this video from Understood founding partner [GreatSchools](https://www.greatschools.org/) to learn more about these strategies.

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