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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # # T D E F E N D # # #
2# # # # # # E N # # # # # # #
3# # # # # # # D E # # # # # #
4# # # # # # # # A P # # # # #
5# # # # # E L C Y C E R # # N
6# # # # # # # # # L C D # A #
7# E # # W # # # C # I # E # #
8# T # # O # # Y # # L C # # #
9# A # # L # C Y C L O N E # #
10# L # # E I Y # # # P E R I L
11# E # # B E C O M E A # # # #
12# R # # # # L A V I R L # # #
13# # # # E N I R A M E # E # #
14# # N E R I S # # # N # # R #
15# # Y A D O T # # # T # # # T
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  1111se
BECOME  511e
BELOW  511n
BICYCLE  88ne
CADET  105nw
CYCLE  79ne
CYCLIST  79s
CYCLONE  79e
DEFEND  71e
DEPEND  115nw
MARINE  1013w
OCEAN  119ne
PARENT  1110s
PERIL  1110e
POLICE  119n
RECYCLE  115w
RELATE  212n
RIVAL  1112w
SIREN  714w
TODAY  715w