5th Grade!!!!!!!!!!! By Izzy

5TH GRADE: THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL!!! BY IZZY

9-4-17

This past week was our first week of school! I started fifth grade and Ethan started third. I have Mr. G and Ethan has Ms. Chavira. I had Mr. G for first grade and he was really awesome. Our classrooms are right next to each other too. My friends Marissa and Aldo are in my class and they like cats like I do. We have started getting into the way the class works and the schedule. Mr. G always provides a little bit of free time at the end of the day but we can always lose it if we don't clean up and get our things out quickly. I am in a combo class of 4th and 5th graders but we only have 7 fourth graders in our class and they are all boys. In total, my class has 24 boys and 10 girls!!!😕 I have loved school so far!!!

My New Randoseru (Ransel)!!!!!

Randoseru is a Japanese word for backpack that actually comes from the Dutch word for backpack, ransel. The backpack is made of leather and mine is blue. It has a latch on the bottom that you use to open it. It is hard and makes sure that your stuff doesn't get squashed! The Ikedas found one for me since I told my mom that I really wanted one. It was actually a surprise for me and I am so excited to use it!! Thank you sooooooo much Satoru-san and Akiko-san!!!💜💛💚💙

Here's a tour of my randoseru!

Aquatica! --ETHAN

Today went to Aquatica! It is a big water park. It was SO fun because it was SO hot. It was about 100 degrees and 97% humidity.  My favorite ride was the Kiwi Curl. You get in a raft (you can do a double raft or a single raft.) You choose a closed or open slide. All the times I went on a closed slide. It is very curvey.  There was this neon cryptonite looking stuff on the slide and it was SO cool.  It was spooky because it was SO dark.

We also went to a water playground called Walkabout Waters. There is a  giant bucket that fills up every 5 minutes and it pours 500 gallons of water on people! They also have two slides at the playground. One is longer and closed and the other is short and open. I only went on the closed one -- it is SO fun. At the end they splash water all over your face!  Also there was lazy river with a waterfall! You can go as many times around that as you want! They also have a wave pool with giant waves that last for 10 minutes.

This is a movie of the bucket dropping water on us!