Language Arts Grade Six

Unit Eight, Lesson Two: VVC Letter Pattern

  1. bread
  2. spread
  3. thread
  4. weak
  5. sneak
  6. peak
  7. skiing
  8. recreation
  9. board
  10. resort
  1. depth
  2. drift
  3. chlorophyll
  4. cells
  5. chemical
  6. photosynthesis
  7. sucrose
  8. glucose
  9. fructose
  10. sugar
The VVC Letter Pattern

This list contains several words with the VVC letter pattern. Remember any word which contains two vowels followed by a consonant fits this pattern: 


	bread			spread			thread

	weak			sneak			peak

	skiing			recreat ion		board
Several words from unit seven also fit this pattern: 

	snail			pail			quail

	sprain			grain			brain

	national		chain			competition
Sometimes it is said that a word only fits the VVC letter pattern if the letters that make up the VVC letter pattern occur in the same syllable. We don't enforce this requirement in this lesson. For this reason "skiing" is considered to contain the VVC letter pattern eventhough the two vowels are technically in different syllables.

Similarly, board is considered to have the VVC pattern although some might claim that it follows the VVCC pattern since the r and d at the end of board work together to make one sound. Again, we don't enforce this requirement and so the VVC letter pattern within board counts.

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