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

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

6. downpour A downpour is a large amount of rain that falls in a short time. downpour 1. Would you rather be outside during a downpour of rain or a shower of rain? downpour 2. What would happen to your hair and clothes if you were outside during a downpour? downpour downpour 3. Would you mind a downpour of flowers? Would you mind a downpour of pinecones? Explain. downpour 4. Would you see a downpour of rain? of snow? of sunshine?

7. seek When you seek something, you look for or try to find it. seek 1. At school do you usually seek a pencil or a favorite toy? seek 2. Tell some things you seek when you get ready for school. seek 3. Would you seek a lost pen? Why or why not? 4. Your best friend lost his glasses. How seek would you carefully seek them?

8. oblivious If you are oblivious to something, you do not see it or realize it is happening. oblivious 1. Would you be oblivious 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 oblivious laugh or would you act oblivious? Why? oblivious 3. Someone is calling your name. Act oblivious. oblivious 4. Would you be oblivious if you were reading a book and you didn’t notice a gorilla nibbling at the pages?

9. indecisive When you are indecisive, you cannot make up your mind about something. indecisive 1. Would you be indecisive about what to choose at a restaurant or about which pencil to use? indecisive 2. You have two books that someone else wants to borrow. Act indecisive about which book to give your friend. indecisive 3. Max may have an apple or a banana for dessert. If Max is indecisive, will it take him a long time or a short time for him to pick his dessert? Why?

10. Try this. Match the picture with the word. A. downpour B. oblivious C. seek D. indecisive E. gradual F. incident D ____ C B F A E

11. 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. seek oblivious incidents downpour gradual indecisive