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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # E # # # # # # # #
2T N E R A P N # # # # # # # #
3# # # # # # O C E A N # # # #
4# # # # # # L L # # # # # # #
5W O L E B # C # I # # D # # #
6# # # # # I Y # # C # N # # #
7E M O C E B C # # # E E # # #
8# N # # # Y # Y # # # F # # #
9Y E # # C # # # C A D E T # #
10A R # L E # # # # L # D # # #
11D I I # T E L C Y C E R # # #
12O S # # A L E R T P E R I L #
13T # # # L # # # E # # # # # #
14# # # # E # # N # # # # # # #
15L A V I R # D # # E N I R A M
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  512e
BECOME  67w
BELOW  55w
BICYCLE  88se
CADET  99e
CYCLE  77se
CYCLIST  77sw
CYCLONE  77n
DEFEND  1210n
DEPEND  1111sw
MARINE  1515w
OCEAN  73e
PARENT  62w
PERIL  1012e
POLICE  73se
RECYCLE  1111w
RELATE  515n
RIVAL  515w
SIREN  212n
TODAY  113n