---
title: 'Video: How third graders write informational essays'
description: Find out how third graders typically go about writing informational essays, from forming ideas to backing them up.
slug: video-how-third-graders-write-informational-essays
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-08-05T15:38:18.348Z'
thumbnail: https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/811A55BDE75540519395E71942002398/df83fbb880e6ee3e8ceb9e2453ff438b/Video-HowThirdGradersWriteInformationalEssays.jpg
source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-how-third-graders-write-informational-essays
lang: en
---

# Video: How third graders write informational essays

Kids in third grade are expected to write informational essays. That involves steps like coming up with ideas and supporting them. Watch this video from Understood founding partner [GreatSchools](https://www.greatschools.org/) to find out how most kids this age go about writing an essay.

---

<!-- structured-data -->
```json
[{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-how-third-graders-write-informational-essays#webpage","url":"https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-how-third-graders-write-informational-essays","description":"Find out how third graders typically go about writing informational essays, from forming ideas to backing them up."},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-how-third-graders-write-informational-essays","name":"Video: How third graders write informational essays"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","datePublished":"2019-08-05T15:38:18.348Z","description":"Find out how third graders typically go about writing informational essays, from forming ideas to backing them up.","headline":"Video: How third graders write informational essays","url":"https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-how-third-graders-write-informational-essays","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://www.understood.org/#organization","name":"Understood for All Inc","logo":"https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/307jFAYQevghG8nQMCjh89/ccdbbec895765824db43f6d30b496e83/logo_lockup_navy.jpg"}}]
```