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5th Grade Blog!

Dragon Morning News Crew
2007-2008



View an episode.

The New Blonds 2007-08

Your Fitness Friends

The Pet Detectives

View an episode.

Secret Agent Men
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Superman

Surfer Chefs

Apple Bites, A Nutritious Snack

made by the Surfer Chefs!

"Crunchy the Snowman"
snacks

The Wacky Scientists

Present the Science Daily

You can hear some of the Science Dailies
under podcasts.

Dragon Morning News Team
and Characters 2006-2007

Fox News visits Dragon Morning News
See more on the
Dragon Morning News
2005-2006

Students have been making PODCASTS. So far we have Spanish podcasts and lots of Science Dailies. Students will listen to the podcasts on ipods, courtesy of Best Buy. You can listen to the podcasts below.

Spanish Podcast 1
Spanish Podcast 2

Science Daily 1-4
Science Daily 5-7
Science Daily 8-9
Science Daily 10-15
Science Daily 16-20
Science Daily 21-24
Science Daily 25-27

ipods are Cool!

Thanks for the ipods, Best Buy!

These students are the "5th Grade
Times" newspaper reporters.

Students are constantly trying to improve their keyboarding skills . At Dabbs, we use a program called Ultra Key that measures words per minute and percent accuracy. Using this method, we keep a "Top 10" list of the best keyboarders in school called the "Keyboard Kids".


This 5th grade student is leading with 64 words per minute for
Top Keyboarder for 2007.

1st Place in State Technology
Contest for Digital Graphics.
Way to Go! 2007
Students have the opportunity to enter the TCEA state technology contest in February each year.
Daniel S. won 2nd in state for Digital graphics last year! 2006 Way to go Daniel.

Welcome to the
Cyber Jungle!

Harry says "Use your home row keys."

Popcorn on Sale
Students are able to purchase a bag of popcorn for $1.00 each in the computer lab. Flavors are white cheddar and salsa and cheddar. The money raised is used to purchase equipment for the school such as cartridges, headphones, printers, cameras or items needed for the Dragon Morning News and computer lab.