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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # # # # # # N # #
2# # # # # # # # # # # A T # #
3# # # E L C Y C E R E # R # #
4# # T N E R A P N C E # E # #
5D N E P E D # N O # # L L # #
6# # # # E L E # L L # # A # #
7# # # F # R C # C # I # # T #
8# # E # I # # Y Y # # C # # E
9# N T S I L C Y C Y C L E # #
10D # # O # A # # L I R E P # #
11# # # # D E M O C E B I # # #
12# # # E # A # # # # # E V # #
13# # T # # # Y # # # # # L A #
14# # # # # # M A R I N E # O L
15# # # # # # # # # # # # # # W
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  136n
BECOME  1111w
BELOW  1111se
BICYCLE  88nw
CADET  79sw
CYCLE  99e
CYCLIST  99w
CYCLONE  99n
DEFEND  65sw
DEPEND  55w
MARINE  714e
OCEAN  95ne
PARENT  84w
PERIL  1310w
POLICE  95se
RECYCLE  93w
RELATE  103se
RIVAL  1110se
SIREN  49ne
TODAY  39se