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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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Meegan D. –
Comprehensive package. Will be using the same layout as shown in the package.
Lyn F. –
I have this as a wall display which I use interactively with spelling and writing and pronunciation of words.
Lauren Bode –
This is a great replacement for my word wall. Thank you!
Brittany P. –
I watched the video she did on sound walls and this makes more sense than using a word wall! My kiddos never use our word wall. This I believe is going to help them to be able to decode words so much more effectively and efficiently! Great resource!
Virginia A. –
My students loved the resource. Extremely helpful!
Tar Heel Teacher –
I have been looking for a sound wall for a while now and this one is perfect! I love the options of different sizes, black and white reproducibles, and the student materials. Thank you so much for all your hard work on this product!
stacey H. –
Love this
Maria R. –
Looks nice on our classroom wall and my students loved mimicking the mouth to produce the sounds.
Amanda Nicholls –
Good images
Jenny E. –
This product is perfect as a reference for my students. I love how photographs of the mouth positions are included. This is used often!
Amy K. –
Love it
Shandria Langford Evans –
Love it! Thank you!
ashley W. –
There are a lot of pieces and it can be difficult to set up if you do not have a big enough board. It is very helpful though. I have used the student binder supports. These are tools they can bring with them to next year.
Laurice T. –
We love the sound wall.
Jamie S. –
I’m so excited to have found this! The graphics and photos are clear, and I love the option to set up a vowel valley. This will be such a huge help with in-person instruction and all the students are masking up. I was also very pleased to see that the creator is working on adding diverse models, I can’t wait for that update!
Melyssa S. –
love love love this resource!
Primary Planet by Hilary Gard –
Thank you! I love this. This is just what I was looking for!
Julie M. –
These were a time saver!
Jayde B. –
My students loved this!
Beth M. –
I love this for my ELL students and others that need to see mouth position when making a letter sound. Students can reference it to see what letters they need to use when spelling a word.