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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # L # # # # # # # # # # #
2# # # A # # # # # # # # # # #
3# # # V # # # # # # O # # # #
4# # # I D E F E N D # C # # #
5# # # R E C Y C L E # # E # #
6# # # # P L # # # # E # N A #
7# # T # E # C # # # M # I # N
8# # T E N # # Y # # O # R # #
9# # # N D # # # C # C # A # #
10# # # # E A # Y Y I E # M # #
11E T A L E R C # C # B E L O W
12# # T R E L A # L # # # # # #
13# # # L I R E P O L I C E # #
14# # # S I R E N N # # # # # #
15# # T O D A Y # E # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  712w
BECOME  1111n
BELOW  1111e
BICYCLE  88nw
CADET  711nw
CYCLE  99nw
CYCLIST  99sw
CYCLONE  99s
DEFEND  54e
DEPEND  55s
MARINE  1310n
OCEAN  113se
PARENT  813nw
PERIL  813w
POLICE  913e
RECYCLE  55e
RELATE  611w
RIVAL  45n
SIREN  414e
TODAY  315e