--- title: 'Video: What fourth-grade writing looks like' description: Fourth graders are honing their writing abilities. Find out what writing skills most kids this age have gained. slug: video-what-fourth-grade-writing-looks-like author: The Understood Team published: '2019-10-16T11:48:18.772Z' thumbnail: https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/7282138E842D4FDF9FAB544E90890EB8/a48c8de67a4e3436fb03b3d812c711aa/Video-WhatDoesFourthGradeWriting-LookLike.jpg source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-what-fourth-grade-writing-looks-like lang: en --- # Video: What fourth-grade writing looks like Kids in fourth grade are writing essays that are more complex than what they’ve written before. Typically, they’ll start with an introduction that gives a thesis. Then they’ll use detailed examples to support their points. Watch this video from Understood founding partner [GreatSchools](https://www.greatschools.org/) to see what else usually goes into a fourth-grade essay. --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-what-fourth-grade-writing-looks-like#webpage","url":"https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-what-fourth-grade-writing-looks-like","description":"Fourth graders are honing their writing abilities. Find out what writing skills most kids this age have gained."},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-what-fourth-grade-writing-looks-like","name":"Video: What fourth-grade writing looks like"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","datePublished":"2019-10-16T11:48:18.772Z","description":"Fourth graders are honing their writing abilities. Find out what writing skills most kids this age have gained.","headline":"Video: What fourth-grade writing looks like","url":"https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-what-fourth-grade-writing-looks-like","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"}}] ```