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.

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

X
Y
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1# # E # # E T A L E R # # # W
2# # # N # P A R E N T # # O #
3N A E C O L # N T # # # L # #
4# # # L E L E # E # # E # # #
5# # I R # R C # D # B # # # #
6# C T # I # # Y A I E # # # #
7E # T S I L C Y C Y C L E # #
8# # O # # # # Y # # O # # # L
9# # D # # # C # # # M # # A #
10# # A # D L # # # # E # V # #
11# # Y R E C Y C L E # I # # #
12L I R E P # # E N I R A M # #
13# # # # E # # # # # # # # # #
14# # # # N # # # # # # # # # #
15# # # # D E F E N D # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  72sw
BECOME  115s
BELOW  115ne
BICYCLE  88sw
CADET  97n
CYCLE  97e
CYCLIST  97w
CYCLONE  97nw
DEFEND  515e
DEPEND  511s
MARINE  1312w
OCEAN  53w
PARENT  62e
PERIL  512w
POLICE  53sw
RECYCLE  511e
RELATE  111w
RIVAL  1112ne
SIREN  47ne
TODAY  37s