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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # L # # # # # # # # # # #
2# # # I # # # # # # # # # # #
3# # # R # # # # # # # # # # #
4# # # E R E L A T E # # # # #
5D N E P E D # # N # # # # # #
6T E D A C L E # # A L E R T #
7# # # # Y L C F # # E # E # #
8# # T # C A # Y E # # C M # #
9# # M N L V # # C N # # O # #
10# # A N E I # Y Y I D # C # #
11W # R E # R C # C # B # E # #
12O # I R # L A # L # # # B # #
13L # N I I # # P O L I C E # #
14E # E S # # # # N # # # # # #
15B # T O D A Y # E # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  106e
BECOME  1312n
BELOW  115n
BICYCLE  88nw
CADET  56w
CYCLE  99nw
CYCLIST  99sw
CYCLONE  99s
DEFEND  65se
DEPEND  55w
MARINE  39s
OCEAN  139nw
PARENT  813nw
PERIL  45n
POLICE  913e
RECYCLE  55s
RELATE  54e
RIVAL  611n
SIREN  414n
TODAY  315e