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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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Robin W. –
I just purchased this resource to use with my students next year. I am extremely satisfied with the quality of the work in this packet and feel it is a great resource for anyone teaching reading using information learned from the science of reading.
Teach With Me Mrs. G –
I am obsessed with this! I really like the articulation mouth formation pictures and think this will pair very nicely with Orton Gillingham. Thanks!
Linkable Literacy –
I LOVE these! Thank you!
The BlueZoo –
Great resource!
Emerald L. –
Love it! So many extras!!
Amy W. –
I am loving using this resource as I am new to the Science of Reading! It has really helped my struggling readers become stronger!
Sherri-Lynn D. –
great!! thank you!
Kindergarteners rock! –
A very nice sound wall and she added diverse children!
William G. –
Great product. Saved me a lot of time! Thanks
K is for a Kinder Garten –
Love how well laid out the sound wall is. The pictures of real mouths is what I especially love!
Camping In Primary –
I love the pictures of the mouths. This was great to utilize with my students.
Kassandra C. –
I can not wait to use this next year with my first graders! I look forward to the update with more diverse faces. Thank you so much!
Christina –
The photos have been updated! Download again from your purchases! 🙂 – -Christina
m P. –
Very excited to use this resource next year!!
Erin Bisbee –
This was exactly what I was looking for to use in my classroom! It has all the sounds I need and the students love the real pictures of people making the sounds.
Rachal M. –
I cannot wait to implement this in the classroom next year
ShelbyinFirst –
After learning about sound walls, I was incredibly excited to implement the use of one in my classroom. This was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
Kelly B. –
Great idea and love all the work that was put into this resource.
Liliana C. –
This is an amazing resource that helped my students understand sound articulation- Due to the lag in zoom, many times sound is distorted and hard to understand. I used the visuals along with mirror and it worked great. I will be using this in my in person classroom as soon as we are able to return.
Beth W. –
Great resource to have for students to reference throughout the day! Prepping and ready to hang for next year!
janelle johns –
Your video was very helpful! Thank you for sharing! I would love to hear more ideas and ways to use this resource. I also love the locks! Great additions that will make this resource even better for student learning!