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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # L # # # # # # #
2# # # # # # # # A # # # # # #
3# # # P E R I L # V # # # # #
4# # # A D N E F E D I # # # #
5# # # R # E L C Y C E R # # #
6# # # E E # # # # L # P # # #
7# # # N M # # # C # # # E # #
8# # # T O # # Y # # # P # N #
9T S I L C Y C Y C L O N E # D
10O I # # E I # A # L C # # # #
11D R # # B # D # I T E # # # #
12A E # E # E # C R # A # # # #
13Y N L # T # E E # # N # # # #
14# O # # # # L # # # # # # # #
15W # # E T A L E R M A R I N E
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  615ne
BECOME  511n
BELOW  511sw
BICYCLE  88ne
CADET  99sw
CYCLE  79ne
CYCLIST  79w
CYCLONE  79e
DEFEND  104w
DEPEND  115se
MARINE  1015e
OCEAN  119s
PARENT  43s
PERIL  43e
POLICE  119sw
RECYCLE  115w
RELATE  915w
RIVAL  125nw
SIREN  29s
TODAY  19s