An incidentincident is something unusual that happens and often is an accident.

1. Would it be an incidentincident if someone rode to school on a bus or if someone rode to school on an elephant?2. Tell about a funny incidentincident that happened at a party.3. Is sleeping in your bed an incidentincident? Is falling out of your bed and hitting your head an incidentincident? Explain your answer.4. If a funny incidentincident happened at your house, would you try to forget about it or tell a friend about it? Explain your answer.

If something happens in a gradualgradual way, it happens slowly.

1. Which happens graduallygradually- building a house or eating lunch?2. Which would you do graduallygradually- tie your shoe or build a castle with blocks?3. Which of these is an example of a gradualgradual change: an ice cube melting in a pot of hot water or a caterpillar changing into a butterfly? Explain.4. I want to fill a bucket of water graduallygradually. Should I use a hose or a tiny cup to put water in a bucket? Explain.

A downpour downpour is a large amount of rain that falls in a short time.

1. Would you rather be outside during a downpourdownpour of rain or a shower of rain?2. What would happen to your hair and clothes if you were outside during a downpourdownpour?3. Would you mind a downpourdownpour of flowers? Would you mind a downpour downpour of pinecones? Explain.4. Would you see a downpourdownpour of rain? of snow? of sunshine?

When you seekseek something, you look for or try to find it.

1. At school do you usually seekseek a pencil or a favorite toy? 2. Tell some things you seek seek when you get ready for school. 3. Would you seekseek a lost pen? Why or why not? 4. Your best friend lost his glasses. How would you carefully seek seek them?

If you are obliviousoblivious to something, you do not see it or realize it is happening.

1. Would you be obliviousoblivious if you did not see an ant on your shirt or a frog on your shirt?2. If you saw a silly incident, would you laugh or would you act obliviousoblivious? Why?3. Someone is calling your name. Act obliviousoblivious.4. Would you be obliviousoblivious if you were reading a book and you didn’t notice a gorilla nibbling at the pages?

When you are indecisiveindecisive, you cannot make up your mind about something.

1. Would you be indecisiveindecisive about what to choose at a restaurant or about which pencil to use?2. You have two books that someone else wants to borrow. Act indecisiveindecisive about which book to give your friend.3. Max may have an apple or a banana for dessert. If Max is indecisiveindecisive, will it take him a long time or a short time for him to pick his dessert? Why?

Try this. Match the picture with the word.

A. downpour

B. oblivious

C. seek

D. indecisive

E. gradual

F. incident

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Try this. What word completes each sentence?

incidents gradual oblivious indecisive seek downpour

1. I need to _____________ a pair of shoes for my costume.

2. He was ______________ to the spider crawling on his shoe.

3. Several ______________ led them to believe she was a thief.

4. We got caught in a _______________.

5. The tree showed _______________ growth.

6. She is _________________ on what to do next.

seekseek

obliviousoblivious

incidentsincidents

downpourdownpour

gradualgradual

indecisiveindecisive