VCV Spelling Pattern

ALERT
BECOME
BELOW
BICYCLE
CADET
CYCLE
CYCLIST
CYCLONE
DEFEND
DEPEND
MARINE
OCEAN
PARENT
PERIL
POLICE
RECYCLE
RELATE
RIVAL
SIREN
TODAY

When you are reading words with the VCV pattern, if you divide the word after the first vowel as in ba-con, the vowel is pronounced with the long sound. If you divide a VCV patterned word after the consonant as in pres-ent, the vowel is pronounced with the short vowel sound.

Try to find all 20 words on this board.

G T K Z F W X J Y N R H G A N
E Y E J N U I W B P G B D V D
L O T D I D W K A W H N T W S
F M T Y A D E F E N D A N M X
H K F R E C Y C L E Q E E J Y
K X W P E L V O N A E C R W E
S L E E K L C G U Y M O A B R
S N F R L O A Y L O O J P U R
D W Y I G P Q T C Y C L O N E
B E O L J C L Y E I E H L U Y
W X Y L O N C T L L B Z I A G
C E A U E L X L A I S K C G H
Z C D X I B N W V O O O E M T
F S O S I R E N I J A D E U A
B X T L T X M A R I N E J A I
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Answer Key for VCV Spelling Pattern

X
Y
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1# T # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2# # E # # # # # # # # # # # #
3# # # D # # # # # # # N T # #
4# # T # A D E F E N D A N # #
5# # # R E C Y C L E # E E # #
6# # # P E L # # # # E C R # #
7# # E E # L C # # # M O A # #
8# N # R # # A Y # # O # P # #
9D W # I # # # T C Y C L O N E
10# # O L # # # Y E I E # L # #
11# # Y L # # C # L # B # I # #
12# # A # E L # # A # # # C # #
13# # D # I B # # V # # # E # #
14# # O S I R E N I # # # # # #
15# # T # # # M A R I N E # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  78nw
BECOME  1111n
BELOW  613nw
BICYCLE  88nw
CADET  65nw
CYCLE  99nw
CYCLIST  99sw
CYCLONE  99e
DEFEND  64e
DEPEND  55sw
MARINE  715e
OCEAN  127n
PARENT  138n
PERIL  46s
POLICE  139s
RECYCLE  55e
RELATE  45se
RIVAL  915n
SIREN  414e
TODAY  315n