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title: 'Video: What third-grade writing looks like'
description: Watch this video to find out what writing skills kids are expected to have by the end of third grade, and what a writing sample looks like at this age.
slug: video-what-third-grade-writing-looks-like
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-08-05T15:45:22.701Z'
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source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-what-third-grade-writing-looks-like
lang: en
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# Video: What third-grade writing looks like

Third-grade writing starts to focus on forming a thesis and supporting it with examples. See what this looks like, and find out what other writing skills third graders are working on, in this video from Understood founding partner [GreatSchools](https://www.greatschools.org/).

[![Video](https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/F29018E8A58C45509F2FCC2944377620/637687ba169217c10622642a45a630e9/Video-WhatThirdGradeWritingLooksLike.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/embed/60QFYN_peeY)

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