Don't Sit on My Lunch!

by Abby Klein

Grades PreK-3; Genre - Fiction; GRL L; AR pts: 1.0

Freddy Thresher knows that Max Sellars is the biggest, meanest bully in the whole first grade. The best way to get along with Max is to stay out of his way. He'll push you, he'll punch you, he'll sit on your lunch! So is Freddy crazy to think he can beat out Max and get the one open spot on the hockey team? Now Freddy's friend Jessie has to get him into shape...if it's the last thing she does!

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

1. What did Jessie have that Max wanted? A jersey p.12
2. What sport does Jessie play? Ice Hockey p.13
3. What’s a bully? A person who seeks to harm or intimidate others p.14

Chapter 2

1. How did Freddy’s mom react when he told her he wanted to play hockey? She screamed that no child of hers would play hockey; she was really upset p.20
2. How did Freddy’s dad convince his mom that playing hockey would be good for Freddy? It would help his hand eye coordination; he would learn about sportsmanship; its good exercise p.23

Chapter 3

1. Why did Jessie call Freddy? To invite him over after school to practice hockey in the parking lot p.30
2. How did Suzie treat Freddy when he was talking to Jessie on the phone? She teased him, sang the kissing song to him p.31
3. What did Freddy’s dad do in response to her teasing? He sent her to her room, like sending a hockey player to the penalty box p.34

Chapter 4

1. How did Max bully Freddy at lunch? He sat on his lunch sack and smushed his lunch p.36
2. Why didn’t Jessie think Max would be good at hockey? He wasn’t a team player p.39
3. How did Max get sent to the time-out table? He broke Chloe’s chopstick and she called over Miss Becky the lunch helper, and explained how Max had been a bully p.44

Chapter 5

1. Who watches Jessie after school while her mother is at work? Her grandmother p.46
2. What snack did Jessie and Freddy have after school? Tamales p.47
3. What did Jessie teach Freddy, as she helped him prepare for the hockey tryouts? He needed to get used to people coming at him; how to hold the stick; how to hit the puck to shoot, pass and make a goal p.51

Chapter 6

1. Why did Freddy need to apologize to Suzie? He was showing his dad how to shoot a puck using a knife and mashed potatoes and flicked mashed potatoes into Suzie’s face p.56
2. Why was Freddy so upset that his family thought Jessie was his girlfriend? It was embarrassing to him; she wasn’t his girlfriend and just a friend p.64
3. What was Freddy’s nickname and why is it a good hockey name? Mouse; because mice move quickly, they can move easily in and out of tight spots, and they almost never get caught p.66

Chapter 7

1. Define what bragging means and how does it make you feel when someone else is bragging? To talk boastfully; it can make you feel bad p.67
2. What did Chloe’s mom teach her to do when Max was bullying her? Ignore him p.69
3. What did Freddy bet Max? His snack and dessert for a week p.68

Chapter 8

1. Name Freddy’s two good luck charms? His shark tooth and great white shark underwear p.73
2. How did Suzie help Freddy the morning of the tryouts? She made a pinky swear that she wouldn’t tell their mom about Freddy wearing his lucky underwear when they were dirty and let Freddy use her lucky penny p.78

Chapter 9

1. Whose team was Freddy on during tryouts? Max’s p.80
2. Why was it important for Freddy to skate down to the goal when Max had the puck? If the puck didn’t go into the goal, he could pick up the rebound; he picked up the rebound and when Max passed the puck to him, he made a goal and they won the game p.83
3. Who made the hockey team? Freddy and Max p.88