5th Graders have the opportunity to try out for eight different UIL teams!
Ready Writing
Sample Ready Writing prompts include:
- TV Role Models: Your class is discussing role models and how special people influence our daily lives. Television shows often have characters that provide people with positive role models. Think about one of your favorite television characters and prepare a paper for your class on how that character has had a positive influence on you.
- New School: Your school counselor has set up a group discussion session for new students in your school. The counselor will select a few students already attending your school to help familiarize the new students with the school. Write a letter to the counselor explaining what you would like to say about your school to these new students.
Spelling
Students will be given a 80 word spelling test.
Oral Reading
Students in grades 4 and 5 read a selection of poetry out loud. Each selection may be one poem, a cutting of a poem, or a combination of poems.
ART
ART is a two part competition. Part A of the contest requires the contestant to identify the names of 15 selected artists and titles of pictures selected randomly from the official list of 40 pictures. Part B consists of 30 questions about art history and art elements characteristic of the 40 art selections. Official ART list
Number Sense
Students will be given a 10-minute, fill-in-the-blank test which they must complete without doing calculations on paper or on a calculator.
Music Memory
Students will listen to approximately 20 seconds of up to 20 musical selections and identify the name of the major work, selection and the name of the composer.
Dictionary Skills
Contestants use dictionaries to answer 40 objective and short answer questions in 20 minutes. Dictionaries may be tabbed to assist the contestant.
Maps, Graphs, and Charts
Students will answer questions by getting information from a variety of maps, graphs and charts including world maps, pie charts, bar charts and local area maps. The objective test will measure skills such as using a reference book to locate information.
All information is from the UIL website: https://www.uiltexas.org/academics