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Ford UIL
UIL News:
*Please click
here for important information regarding Academic UIL Campus Contest
competitions that determine who represents Ford Elementary at the District
Competition
Here's what your
child should work on in UIL this week:
UIL update for
week of Nov. 30th:
The UIL club will not meet the week of Nov. 23rd - Happy Thanksgiving!
We will meet the week of Nov. 30th.
Ready Writers: This will be your 2nd week on your contest papers.
Good luck writing!
Spelling: 5th grade has elected to test on all letters A -Z
3rd and 4th grade will test on the first half of the
alphabet (A - L)
*Ford's campus competition is Dec. 16th!
Oral Readers: This will be our final practice before our AFTER SCHOOL
CONTEST Dec. 9th!
Please practice on your own over Thanksgiving!
# Sense students: We will continue to work on previous tricks and take
a grade level test.
Art: keep memorizing those artists and paintings!
If your child
is interested in Music Memory or Art, please let us know so that we may
plan accordingly.
Click here to view the spelling words for Grades 3-4
Click here to view the Spelling words for Grades 5-6
***Parents, UIL is
extracurricular! If your child doesn’t have time to get ready for next
week, that’s ok. Please help your child maintain balance!
This year 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students may participate in:
Number Sense
Oral Reading
Ready Writing
Spelling
About the UIL program:
There are 4 UIL categories that
3rd - 5th grade students may participate in at Ford. Students compete at grade
level; 3rd grade students from Ford will eventually compete against other GISD 3rd graders,
etc. Students may try out all events, but may qualify to compete in the district
level in one event.
Number Sense:
This is a mental math contest consisting of 80 problems. All problems must be
solved mentally (no calculations allowed, no erasing, no mark outs). Students
are awarded 5 points for each correct answer and 4 points are deducted for each
incorrect or skipped problem. Problems are graded in numerical order and once a
student stops (for example at #30) that is the point at which the test will be
assessed.
Spelling:
Students are given a UIL spelling list from which to study. At Ford we will
break down the list and study specific words each week.
Oral Reading:
Students read a selection(s) of poetry to an audience and convey the meaning of
the poem through changes in voice and body.
Ready Writing:
This contest asks the student to select between two writing prompts and complete
an essay. For the district contest 1 ½ hours will be allowed.
This page will be updated weekly on
Thursdays and will contain the activities and study guidelines for UIL students
at Ford.
If you have any questions, please
email Beth Purcell at wbpurcell@msn.com
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