1. 2 nd Grade UIL Sign-up It’s time again to sign up for UIL teams. UIL is a great opportunity for your child to compete academically against other students from within the district. The UIL meet will be held on Saturday, April 23 rd. You will find a short description of each event for your child’s grade level. Participating in an UIL event is optional. If chosen to be a part of the team, your child will need to attend all practices. Practice days and times will be after school and determined by the event coach. Transportation will not be provided. It will be your responsibility to pick up your child at the end of each practice unless he or she walks home. Please encourage your child to participate in an event. Sign up sheets are due NLT than Thursday, September 24th. Please feel free to contact me at amy.sutton@huttoisd.net with any questions you have. Thank you! amy.sutton@huttoisd.net Circle your child’s TOP choice and sign below. Storytelling Event Description: To tell a story, participants must develop skills in listening, thinking and speaking. Students are read a story, which they must orally tell back to the judges. Preparing for this event also allows for the development of creative expression and self-confidence. The story is read only once to students, and then they retell that story in their own words before judges. Creative Writing Event Description: Creative writing is designed to promote creativity and to encourage writing skills. Students will be able to evaluate their own writing and the writing of others. Students are given a prompt with several captioned pictures. From the pictures, the students will create an original story based on their selections in 30 minutes. The story must include at least one of the pictured items, but it is not required that all items on the page be included. ________________________________________________ Child’s NameTeacher’s Name ____________________ _________________ Parent Signature Date

2. 3 rd Grade UIL Sign-up It’s time again to sign up for UIL teams. UIL is a great opportunity for your child to compete academically against other students from within the district. The UIL meet will be held on Saturday, April 23 rd. Below you will find a short description of each event for your child’s grade level. Participating in an UIL event is optional. If chosen to be a part of the team, your child will need to attend all practices. Practice days and times will be after school and determined by the event coach. Transportation will not be provided. It will be your responsibility to pick up your child at the end of each practice unless he or she walks home. Please encourage your child to participate in an event. Sign up sheets are due NLT than Thursday, September 24th. Please feel free to contact me at amy.sutton@huttoisd.net with any questions you have. Thank you! amy.sutton@huttoisd.net Circle your child’s TOP choices and sign below. Please note – students are allowed to practice in as many events as they wish, however, they may not be a part of the final team and compete in more than two events. Students will only be allowed to compete in ONE of the events above the dotted line and ONE of the events below the dotted line. Storytelling Event Description: To tell a story, participants must develop skills in listening, thinking and speaking. Students are read a story, which they must orally tell back to the judges. Preparing for this event also allows for the development of creative expression and self-confidence. The story is read only once to students, and then they retell that story in their own words before judges. Ready Writing Event Description: Ready writing helps students build and refine their writing skills. This contest helps students learn to write a clear and correct paper that is interesting and original. Students are given a choice between two prompts, each which defines the audience and provides the purpose of writing. Students will analyze the prompts for format, audience, and point of view. Various writing strategies may be stated or implied in the writing. Some may include: Description to inform, write a story, or persuasion. ________________________________________________ Child’s NameTeacher’s Name ____________________ _________________ Parent Signature Date Spelling Event Description: This contest is designed to give students exposure to a wide variety of vocabulary words. It is not a contest of memorization. Preparation for this contest should include instruction in the rules of the English language, meanings and definitions, and root words. Students will also learn to write clearly and to capitalize words properly. Students will write down words given on their paper at a rate of approximately five words per minute. Music Memory Event Description: The focus of this contest is an in-depth study of music taken from a wide variety of music genres to expose students to great composers, their lives, and their music. Students will listen to approximately 20 seconds of up to 20 musical selections. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

3. 4 th Grade UIL Sign-up It’s time again to sign up for UIL teams. UIL is a great opportunity for your child to compete academically against other students from within the district. The UIL meet will be held on Saturday, April 23rd. Below you will find a short description of each event for your child’s grade level. Participating in an UIL event is optional. If chosen to be a part of the team, your child will need to attend all practices. Practice days and times will be after school and determined by the event coach. Transportation will not be provided. It will be your responsibility to pick up your child at the end of each practice unless he or she walks home. Please encourage your child to participate in an event. Sign up sheets are due NLT than Thursday, September 24th. Please feel free to contact me at amy.sutton@huttoisd.net with any questions you have. Thank you!amy.sutton@huttoisd.net Circle your child’s TOP choices and sign below. Please note – students are allowed to practice in as many events as they wish, however, they may not be a part of the final team and compete in more than two events. Students will only be allowed to compete in ONE of the events above the dotted line and ONE of the events below the dotted line. Oral Reading Event Description: Reading literature out loud provides opportunities for students to analyze text, to grow and develop as a performer, to communicate a message to an audience and to perform an artistic creation. Students have a maximum of six minutes to read a selection of poetry. Ready Writing Event Description: Ready writing helps students build and refine their writing skills. This contest helps students learn to write a clear and correct paper that is interesting and original. Students are given a choice between two prompts, each which defines the audience and provides the purpose of writing. ________________________________________________ Child’s NameTeacher’s Name ____________________ _________________ Parent Signature Date Spelling Event Description: This contest is designed to give students exposure to a wide variety of vocabulary words. It is not a contest of memorization. Students will also learn to write clearly and to capitalize words properly. Students will write down words given on their paper at a rate of approximately five words per minute. Music Memory Event Description: The focus of this contest is an in-depth study of music taken from a wide variety of music genres to expose students to great composers, their lives, and their music. Students will listen to approximately 20 seconds of up to 20 musical selections. Number Sense Event Description: Students are asked to use their ability to make quick mental calculations to make decisions. Concepts covered include but are not limited to: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, proportions, and use of mathematical notation. 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. Art Event Description: The art contest involves the study of 40 paintings from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and from Texas art galleries and museums. Students learn to recognize and identify various works of art and the artists who created them. As part of their study, they will demonstrate a basic understanding of art history and interpret ideas and moods in original art works. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

4. 5 th Grade UIL Sign-up It’s time again to sign up for UIL teams. UIL is a great opportunity for your child to compete academically against other students from within the district. The UIL meet will be held on Saturday, April 23rd. Below you will find a short description of each event for your child’s grade level. Participating in an UIL event is optional. If chosen to be a part of the team, your child will need to attend all practices. Practice days and times will be after school and determined by the event coach. Transportation will not be provided. It will be your responsibility to pick up your child at the end of each practice unless he or she walks home. Please encourage your child to participate in an event. Sign up sheets are due NLT than Thursday, September 24th. Please feel free to contact me at amy.sutton@huttoisd.net with any questions you have. Thank you!amy.sutton@huttoisd.net Choices and event descriptions are located on the back of this page. ________________________________________________ Child’s NameTeacher’s Name ____________________ _________________ Parent Signature Date

5. 5 th Grade UIL Sign-up Circle your child’s TOP choices and sign on the front. Please note – students are allowed to practice in as many events as they wish, however, they may not be a part of the final team and compete in more than two events. Students will only be allowed to compete in ONE of the events above the dotted line and ONE of the events below the dotted line. Oral Reading Event Description: Reading literature out loud provides opportunities for students to analyze text, to grow and develop as a performer, to communicate a message to an audience and to perform an artistic creation. Students have a maximum of six minutes to read a selection of poetry. Ready Writing Event Description: Ready writing helps students build and refine their writing skills. This contest helps students learn to write a clear and correct paper that is interesting and original. Students are given a choice between two prompts, each which defines the audience and provides the purpose of writing. Students will analyze the prompts for format, audience, and point of view. Spelling Event Description: This contest is designed to give students exposure to a wide variety of vocabulary words. It is not a contest of memorization. Students will also learn to write clearly and to capitalize words properly. Students will write down words given on their paper at a rate of approximately five words per minute. Music Memory Event Description: The focus of this contest is an in-depth study of music taken from a wide variety of music genres to expose students to great composers, their lives, and their music. Students will listen to approximately 20 seconds of up to 20 musical selections. Number Sense Event Description: Students are asked to use their ability to make quick mental calculations to make decisions. Concepts covered include but are not limited to: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, proportions, and use of mathematical notation. Art Event Description: The art contest involves the study of 40 paintings from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and from Texas art galleries and museums. Students learn to recognize and identify various works of art and the artists who created them. As part of their study, they will demonstrate a basic understanding of art history and interpret ideas and moods in original art works. Social Studies Event Description: This contest is designed to encourage students to expand their knowledge of social studies, particularly in the areas of history, government systems, economics, Citizenship and culture. Dictionary Skills Event Description: Thorough knowledge of the dictionary is a way to increase a student’s ability to find the information that is needed for class work as well as everyday living. Listening Event Description: The listening contest is designed to help students recognize the importance of effective listening skills and to identify problems they may have in listening effectively. Maps, Graphs, and Charts Event Description: The maps, graphs and charts contest is designed to help students learn to obtain information from a variety of maps, graphs and charts including world maps, pie charts, bar graphs and local area maps. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -