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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # T # # # T # # # # E # #
2# # # L R # # N # # # C # # E
3# # # I # E # E E # I # # T T
4# # # R R D L R N L # # A S O
5# # # E E # # A O # # L I I D
6# # # P C L # P L # E L R R A
7# # E # Y # C # C R C I # E Y
8# N # # C # # Y Y Y V # # N #
9D # # # L # # # C A D E T # #
10E # # # E # # # L I # # # # #
11F # # # # E M O C E B E L O W
12E # # # # # # C # # # # # # #
13N # # # # # # E # # # # # # #
14D # # # # # # A E N I R A M #
15# # # # # # # N # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  85nw
BECOME  1111w
BELOW  1111e
BICYCLE  88nw
CADET  99e
CYCLE  99nw
CYCLIST  99ne
CYCLONE  99n
DEFEND  19s
DEPEND  55sw
MARINE  1414w
OCEAN  811s
PARENT  86n
PERIL  46n
POLICE  95ne
RECYCLE  55s
RELATE  107ne
RIVAL  136sw
SIREN  144s
TODAY  153s