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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2# # # # L # # # # # # # # # #
3# # # # A # # T # # # # # # #
4# # L # V # N # # D E F E N D
5# M I # I E L C Y C E R # # #
6# A R # R # # # # L # P # # #
7# R E A L E R T C # # # E # #
8# I P # # # L Y # # # # # N #
9E N O L C Y C A D E T # # # D
10# E L # # I Y # T # # # # # #
11# # I # B E C O M E # # # B #
12# # C # # # L # C # # # # E #
13# # E # # # I # # E # # # L #
14# # N E R I S # # # A # # O #
15# # # # # # T O D A Y N # W #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  47e
BECOME  511e
BELOW  1411s
BICYCLE  88ne
CADET  79e
CYCLE  79ne
CYCLIST  79s
CYCLONE  79w
DEFEND  104e
DEPEND  115se
MARINE  25s
OCEAN  811se
PARENT  38ne
PERIL  38n
POLICE  39s
RECYCLE  115w
RELATE  56se
RIVAL  56n
SIREN  714w
TODAY  715e