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.

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

X
Y
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1# # T # # # T # # # # # E # #
2# # # N # # R L # # # C # # #
3# # # # E # E I E # I E # # #
4L A V I R R L R N L # T # # #
5D N E P E D A E O C E A N # #
6E # # # C L # P L # E L # # #
7F # # # Y # C # C # M E # # #
8E # # # C # # Y Y # O R # # #
9N # # # L # # # C Y C L E # #
10D # # # E # # Y # I E # # # #
11# # T E D A C # # # B E L O W
12# # # # # L # # M A R I N E #
13# # # # I # # # # # # # # # #
14# # # S I R E N # # # # # # #
15# # T O D A Y # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  75n
BECOME  1111n
BELOW  1111e
BICYCLE  88nw
CADET  711w
CYCLE  99e
CYCLIST  99sw
CYCLONE  99n
DEFEND  15s
DEPEND  55w
MARINE  912e
OCEAN  95e
PARENT  86nw
PERIL  86n
POLICE  95ne
RECYCLE  55s
RELATE  128n
RIVAL  54w
SIREN  414e
TODAY  315e