This document discusses vocabulary words related to incidents, gradual changes, downpours, seeking things, being oblivious, being indecisive, and reviewing the meanings of the words. Examples are provided for each vocabulary word to illustrate its definition. Questions are also included throughout for the reader to think about how the words apply in different contexts.

1. “We’re Going on a Picnic”

2. incident
An incident is something unusual that happens and
it is often an accident.

3. incident
During the pancake incident, a
pancake flew across the room and hit
Henry’s head.
If someone wore pajamas to school I
might call it the pajama incident.
Would it be an incident if someone
rode to school on a bus or on an
elephant?

4. incident
Is sleeping in your bed an incident?
Is falling out of bed and hitting your head an
incident? Explain your answer.
Could you write a story about an incident that
happened to you at school?
If a funny incident happened to you at your
house, would you try to forget about it or would
you tell a friend about it? Explain.

5. gradual
If something
happens in a
gradual way,
it happens
slowly.

6. gradual
In “Chewandswallow” the food
comes down in a gradual way so no
one got hurt.
My hair grows in very gradually.
Which happens gradually building a
house or eating lunch?

7. gradual
Which would you do gradually, tie your shoe or build
a castle with blocks?
Which of these is an example of something
happening gradually: an ice cube melting in a pot of
boiling water or a caterpillar changing into a
butterfly?
I want to fill a bucket with water gradually. Should I
use a hose or a tiny cup to put the water in the
bucket? Explain.

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

9. downpour
A downpour of maple syrup fell from
the sky and almost flooded the town.
A downpour of rain would cover the
playground with water. Would you
rather be outside during a downpour
of rain or during a rain shower?
Why?

10. downpour
What would happen to your hair and
clothes if you were outside during a
downpour?
Would you mind a downpour of
flowers? Would you mind a
downpour of pinecones?
Would you see a downpour of rain?
sunshine? flowers?

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

12. seek
The birds seek a nice place for their picnic.
During a game of hide-and-seek, players
hide and one person seeks them.
At school do you usually seek a pencil or a
favorite toy?

13. seek
If I will name something that you would want to
seek, you should place your hand over your
eyebrows and look around.
a cute dog a birthday gift a good friend
a mean person trash dirt
a theater yummy food a new toy

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

15. oblivious
Goose, Duck and Hen were oblivious when
the animals snuck into the basket and ate all
the fruit.
If someone took my keys from my pocket
and I did not notice, I would be oblivious to
what happened.
Would you be oblivious if you did not see an
ant on your shirt or a frog on your shirt?

16. oblivious
Say “You are oblivious” if I describe a situation in
which someone is not paying attention.
I said “hello” when the principal walked by.
I read my book while a gorilla nibbled at the pages.
I pushed the child on the swing when he asked me to.
I jogged into a puddle and did not notice that I got wet.
I kept teaching even after everyone went home.

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

18. indecisive
The birds were indecisive about
where to stop.
When I cannot decide what to eat for
lunch, I am being indecisive.
Would you be indecisive about what
to choose at a restaurant or about
which pencil to use?

19. indecisive
I will act out four situations that happened while
you were shopping for a hat. If you are being
indecisive, you should say “Be more decisive!”.
“Hmm, should I choose red or blue? I just don’t
know.”
“I like the red hat. I will buy it.”
“No, wait. Maybe I should get the blue one
instead.”
“I’m not sure if I even want a hat. Let me see.

20. Let’s recap…
and review what we learned.

21. Fill in the blanks with the correct word.
indecisive seek oblivious
I lost my glasses and my friends said they will
help me _______ them.
Someone was calling my name but I was so
______________ I didn’t hear them.

22. downpour indecisive gradual
A caterpillar goes through a ____________
change to become a butterfly.
I have two books that I would like to buy
but I am ____________ about which one I
want.

23. incident seek downpour
We ran into the house as soon as it began to
_______________.
I saw a funny ___________ that I wanted to
tell my family after school.