Elementary UIL Academics
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Art
Grades 4-5
Art challenges students to study and analyze selected works from the National Gallery of Art and Texas museums. Contestants identify artists and artwork, demonstrate knowledge of art history and recognize elements, characteristics and ideas represented in selected works.
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Chess Puzzle
Grades 2-5
Unlike tournament play, Chess Puzzle challenges students to analyze chess positions and determine the best possible moves. Students complete a 30-minute multiple-choice test featuring a series of chessboard diagrams, followed by a five-minute tiebreaker.
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Creative Writing
Grade 2
Creative Writing encourages second-grade students to develop creativity and strengthen writing skills. Students have 30 minutes to create an original story using a provided prompt and a selection of captioned pictures.
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Dictionary Skills
Grade 5
Dictionary Skills helps students strengthen their ability to quickly and accurately locate information using a dictionary. Contestants have 20 minutes to answer 40 questions covering word origins, parts of speech, pronunciation, spelling, alphabetizing, charts, tables and other dictionary elements.
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Listening
Grade 5
Listening helps students develop active listening, critical thinking and comprehension skills. Contestants listen to a short presentation, take notes and answer 25 questions that measure their ability to identify key ideas, draw conclusions, distinguish fact from opinion and evaluate a speaker's message.
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Maps, Graphs & Charts
Grade 5
Maps, Graphs and Charts helps students develop skills in interpreting and analyzing information from maps, graphs and charts. Contestants have 45 minutes to answer approximately 75 questions involving comparisons, estimation, scale, grid systems, legends, keys and reference materials.
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Music Memory
Grades 2-5
Music Memory introduces students to notable composers and a variety of musical genres while building listening and analytical skills. Students listen to short excerpts from up to 20 musical selections and identify the major work, selection and composer.
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Number Sense
Grades 4-5
Number Sense challenges students to solve math problems quickly and accurately without using paper calculations or a calculator. Contestants have 10 minutes to complete a fill-in-the-blank test covering concepts such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, proportions and mathematical notation.
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Oral Reading
Grades 4-5
Oral Reading helps students develop literary analysis, communication and performance skills through reading poetry aloud. Contestants perform a published poetry selection, which may include one poem, a portion of a poem or a combination of poems.
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Ready Writing
Grades 3-5
Ready Writing challenges students to analyze a prompt and write effectively for a specific purpose and audience. Contestants choose between two prompts and have two hours to complete an original composition with no minimum or maximum word count.
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Social Studies
Grade 5
Social Studies challenges students to apply their knowledge of topics identified in an annually updated study outline. Contestants have 40 minutes to answer 30 questions based on state-adopted textbooks and selected primary sources.
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Spelling
Grades 3-5
Spelling helps students expand their vocabulary while developing spelling, capitalization and handwriting skills. Contestants write words as they are pronounced at a rate of approximately five words per minute.
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Storytelling
Grades 2-3
Storytelling helps students develop listening and critical thinking, speaking and creative expression skills. Contestants listen to a story once, then retell it in their own words before a judge or panel of judges.
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