The List In fact, she missed her funny jokes and talking about Minecraft, which they

both liked to play after school and on the weekends.

Andi’s shoes squeaked as she hurried down the hallway to her
classroom. She was a little later than usual and she wanted to make sure She wiped her tears with her free hand and walked the rest of the
she got there before Mrs. Hill gave table points for being ready. Her table way to her classroom with the notebook in her other hand.
was in second place and she wanted to earn more points so they could at
“You’re just in time,” Mrs. Hill said, smiling at Andi as she walked
least tie with Table 3, who was in first place.
through the door. “Oh, my, Andi, what’s wrong?” The teacher had noticed
Just as she passed the bathrooms, she noticed an open notebook on Andi’s sad expression and red, wet face as she turned to face her.
the floor next to the wall.
“Good morning, Mrs. Hill,” Andi said, her voice wavering. “I need to
“Someone must have dropped this,” she said to herself, picking up talk to you about something after I hang up my stuff and make my lunch
the notebook. Her face grew red and tears stung her eyes as she read the choice.”
words on the top page. The page looked like this:
“No problem, Sweetie,” Mrs. Hill answered. “Looks like you’ve had
a rough morning.”
People I Like People I Don’t Like
Yolanda Anabelle
Farrah Nora “Hey, that’s my notebook!” Gianna cried from across the room,
Natalie Andi noticing the green cover of the book in Andi’s hand. Her face grew red as
Josh Carson
Yusef Ian she remembered what she had written in the notebook that morning during
Violet Erik recess and that Andi had probably seen it.
Peter
The girls’ eyes met and they both thought about how the other one
A line was drawn vertically down the center of the page with pencil must be feeling.
to make a table. The right side of the table was titled, “People I Like”; the
left side was labeled, “People I Don’t Like”. Andi noticed her name on the “Andi and Gianna, let’s go talk in the hall,” Mrs. Hill said.
left side and wondered who had made this list. She flipped to the front of
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the notebook and saw the name Gianna Hogan written in Sharpie on the
green cover.

Gianna and Andi had been friends last year in second grade, but had After reading, answer the questions:
started hanging out with other friends this year. Andi wasn’t mad at 1. How does Andi feel? How do you know?
Gianna, she had just made friends with Nora and Anabelle after meeting 2. How does Gianna feel? How do you know?
them on the first day of third grade. The three girls liked doing flips on the 3. If you were Mrs. Hill, what would you say to the girls?
bar outside during recess, while Gianna and her new friends, Yolanda, 4. What lesson do you think the author is trying to teach in this story?
Farrah, and Natalie preferred to swing on the swings. 5. What are the most important conflicts in this reading? List the
possible solutions you will come up with.
Andi’s face was now both red and wet with tears. Seeing her name
on a list of people Gianna didn’t like made her feel angry, sad, and confused.
Even though they weren’t best friends anymore, Andi didn’t dislike Gianna.