Great Books for Great Spellers!

 

Did you know?

The Spelling Bee words are arranged by grade level - and grouped by difficulty. The Spelling Bee folks have organized words into "One Bee" "Two Bee" and "Three Bee" levels.

One Bee words are used in the Village Home Junior Bee, for grades 1-3. Two Bee words cover grades 4-6, and Three Bee words are at 7-8 grade level.

All the words in the school Bees are contained in these great books. Reading them will help spellers learn the words and their meanings, and they're a lot of fun as well!

One Bee Reading Level 

First Grade: 

• Always Anjali by Sheetal Sheth 
• Rodeo Red by Maripat Perkins 
• The Camping Trip by Jennifer K. Mann 
• Izzy Gizmo by Pip Jones 

Second Grade: 

• Girl on a Motorcycle by Amy Novesky 
• Vera Vance, Comics Star (After-School Superstars) by Claudia Mills 
• Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist by Julie Leung 
• The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity: A Tale of the Genius Ramanujan by Amy Alznauer 

Third Grade: 

• Stella Díaz Has Something to Say by Angela Dominguez 
• The Littlest Voyageur by Margi Preus 
• A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold 
• The Cat Who Came in Off the Roof by Annie M.G. Schmidt 

Two Bee Reading Level

Fourth Grade: 

• Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake
• Lost Cities by Giles Laroche
• From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks 
• Bump by Matt Wallace 

Fifth Grade:

• Rocket Science: A Beginner's Guide to the Fundamentals of Spaceflight by Andrew Rader 
• All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat
• The Clockwork Crow by Catherine Fisher
• Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston 

Sixth Grade: 

• The Sisters of Straygarden Place by Haley Chewins
• Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man by Tonya Bolden
• The World Between Blinks by Amie Kaufman & Ryan Graudin
• The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson

Three Bee Reading Level 

Seventh Grade:

• When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
• The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
• The 13 ½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
• Queen of the Sea by Dylan Meconis 

Eighth Grade:

• The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
• Turtle Boy by M. Evan Wolkenstein
• The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep by Allan Wolf
• Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
• Dragon Sword and Wind Child by Noriko Ogiwara
• The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
• Slider by Pete Hautman
• Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee 

Don't forget to sign up for the Bee at villagehome.org/scripps-spelling-bee!