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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # # N # # # E # #
2# # # # # # # # L A # # C # #
3# # # # # # # # # I E # I # E
4L A V I R E L A T E R C L N #
5D N E P E D # # # # # E O # #
6# # # # C L E # # # # L P # #
7# # # # Y # C F # # C # A E #
8# # # # C # # Y E Y # # R M #
9# # # # L # # # C N # # E O #
10# # # # E # # Y M I D # N C #
11# # T E D A C # A # B # T E #
12# # # # # L # # R L # E # B #
13# # # # I # # # I # E # L # #
14# # # S I R E N N # # R # O #
15# # T O D A Y # E # # # T # W
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  911se
BECOME  1412n
BELOW  1111se
BICYCLE  88nw
CADET  711w
CYCLE  99nw
CYCLIST  99sw
CYCLONE  99ne
DEFEND  65se
DEPEND  55w
MARINE  910s
OCEAN  135nw
PARENT  136s
PERIL  136nw
POLICE  135n
RECYCLE  55s
RELATE  54e
RIVAL  54w
SIREN  414e
TODAY  315e