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This Sound Wall with Mouth Pictures & Sound Wall Locks is a comprehensive, Science of Reading-aligned tool designed to help students master phoneme awareness and phonics. Unlike traditional word walls, this sound wall organizes words by sounds (phonemes) rather than alphabetical order, providing students with a more effective reference when reading and spelling. With mouth articulation pictures representing diverse children and sound wall locks to secure student engagement, this resource offers an interactive, research-based approach to phonics instruction.
The sound wall includes all the materials needed to systematically teach phonemes, making it perfect for educators who want to align their instruction with Science of Reading best practices, such as those suggested by LETRS. Whether used in print or digitally via Google Slides, this resource offers versatility in the classroom.
What’s Included:
- Large Sound Spelling Cards (10.5 x 5.3)
- Small Sound Spelling Cards (8 x 5.1)
- Phoneme Cards with mouth articulation photos (featuring diverse children)
- 47 Word Lists and Sound Formation Info Cards
- Sound Wall Locks and instructional video
- Sound Spelling Picture Cards (2 versions)
- Phoneme Group Labels and Bulletin Board Headers
- Virtual Interactive Sound Wall (Google Slides)
- Phoneme-Grapheme Dictionary
- Sound Card Alphabet Line
You can easily print the materials at a smaller scale to create a portable sound wall, perfect for small group instruction or individual student use.
Student Materials Include:
- Personal Sound Wall Vowel Valley Printables (4 versions)
- Consonant Printable Chart (8 versions)
- A-Z Sound Spelling Chart (3 versions in color and black/white) for student folders
- Alphabet Chart (color and black/white)
- My ABC Dictionary
- Build Your Own Sound Wall Activity
This Science of Reading-aligned sound wall is an essential tool for teaching phoneme-grapheme correspondence, improving reading and writing fluency, and fostering independent literacy skills. Perfect for both whole-class and small-group instruction!
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Pam G. –
My students loved using this resource!
Kelly K. –
Fabulous sound wall! I love the mouth pictures that are included.
megan rainey –
Thank you so much for making this and updating it to have more diversity with the picture pieces.
Jessi Owl’s Roost –
My kiddos and I love this. Thanks!
Amy W. –
This is a fantastic way to reinforce LETRS training. The kids’ mouths are wonderful!
Laura L. –
Best sound wall hands down. If you’re familiar with LETRS, this is very similar to the one in it. Excellent resource!
Megan Zoellner –
I love this resource! It has SO many options and it so clearly laid out. I love the included mouth articulation pictures as well!
Danielle D. –
I love my new sound wall.
Tracey V. –
As I begin my journey on SOR this product has been so helpful.
Let the Learning Begin –
This is exactly what I was looking for to help my students bridge their knowledge of phonograms to application in their writing. Thank you!
Zeanab W. –
I have not started using this resource. I looked around and found this to be the most beneficial one for my learning support classroom (3rd graders). I plan on implementing this in the new school year. Thank you for doing this, and updating the pictures so it can relate to all our learners!!!
Meri Beth M. –
This is great!
Yolanda K. –
GREAT resource. Thanks so much for creating! 🙂
Renae B. –
Love this resource! Perfect for a quick reference on my bulletin board when students need it.
Karri B. –
After just learning about this in our training, I was very excited to find your resource. My students reference my bulletin board on their own all the time and it has truly helped them! I have received multiple compliments on this resource and have told each and every person just where they can find it. Thank you so much for taking the time to create this wonderful tool!
Christina –
Awe thanks so much Karri, you made my day! –Christina
Michelle A. –
The photographs make this worth the money. I read that she is updating the photographs too which will be nice. great resource.
Christina –
Hi Michelle! Download again to get the updated photos and a SURPRISE! Enjoy! –Christina
Iris L. –
My students used this resource every day in both their reading and writing.
Kennedy B. –
I am so excited to set up and implement this sound wall! My favorite thing about this file is the mouth visuals. I believe this will really support my emerging ENL students with articulation. Thank you for the well organized and thought out materials!
Erin L. –
I have this resource on the bulletin board in my classroom and I absolutely love the visuals it provides of the mouth pictures that show the students how to produce a sound. The word examples are also excellent!
Amanda T. –
I’m looking forward to using the sound wall next year with my first grade students. Using it in conjunction with the heart words method for teaching sight words, I think will be very beneficial, especially for some of my struggling readers. The photos of the mouth articulations will be a great visual for students to see how the sound is produced.