Nevada Grade 4 English

Choose to, too and two by meaning

Use this original Grade 4 activity to practice one selected English skill. Read the example, explain your choice, and compare it with the worked response before choosing further practice.

Curriculum reference: Nevada Academic Content Standards for English Language Arts, Version 1.3 accessible document, from the Nevada Department of Education ELA directory.

Nevada Grade 4 references for this activity

The current Nevada Department of Education ELA directory links its Nevada Academic Content Standards. The selected references below were checked in its Version 1.3 accessible document, using the appropriate grade column. Standard codes identify a strand, grade and numbered requirement; read the full requirement and the school’s curriculum before planning instruction.

These selected reference labels identify an activity focus, with the grade column and PDF page linked separately. Read the complete state requirements and the school’s sequence, including reading, writing, language, speaking, and listening. This short original example does not fulfill the entire curriculum or establish a student’s grade-level proficiency.

A worked Grade 4 English activity

This original classroom example is separate from official assessment questions.

Complete each sentence with to, too or two.

1. We carried the mats ___ the quiet corner.

2. ___ partners lifted the wide mat together.

3. The first corner was ___ crowded for the activity.

Try the activity

Choose each word and explain its meaning in the sentence. Which use of too appears here?

Follow the reasoning

The first sentence uses to to indicate the destination, the quiet corner. The second uses Two because it names a number of partners. The third uses too to mean excessively or more than suitable: that corner has more crowding than the activity can accommodate. The words sound alike, but their functions and meanings differ. Read the whole sentence when selecting the spelling. A good explanation says why the chosen word fits, rather than attaching one spelling to a sound heard in isolation.

Notice what needs more practice

Too can also mean also, but that is not its use in the crowded-corner sentence. Two names a number; it is not a direction word. To has additional uses in other sentences, so the destination example is not a complete rule for every occurrence. The passage does not give a total number of children at the activity or a measured room capacity. Keep the grammar explanation separate from facts the sentences do not supply.

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Use the next session to build independence

1. Read each sentence with the intended meaning before choosing a spelling.
2. Name the number, destination or degree of crowding that makes the choice fit.
3. Write new sentences using too as also and as excessively, then explain the difference.

During editing, reread these sound-alike words in context. A spelling check alone may accept the wrong word because each spelling is a real word. Ask a partner to explain the sentence’s meaning before you decide whether a correction is needed.

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Nevada Grade 4 English: useful planning questions

Does too always mean also?

No. In “too crowded,” it means excessively or more than suitable for the activity. Use the sentence’s meaning to distinguish its uses.

Where are the complete state requirements?

The current Nevada Department of Education ELA directory links its Nevada Academic Content Standards. The selected references below were checked in its Version 1.3 accessible document, using the appropriate grade column. Standard codes identify a strand, grade and numbered requirement; read the full requirement and the school’s curriculum before planning instruction. The school’s sequence also includes reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language work beyond this example.