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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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Sheena Morris –
So extremely helpful! Love that not only can I put it on my wall but having the personal ones as well is so helpful!
Heather H. –
These cards are a great visual to use with my students while teaching sounds.
Vee A. –
Thanks for this excellent resource! My students use it everyday.
Kate Jones –
This is my third year using this sound wall and I love it! It is so well thought through. The mouths are realistic and represent a variety of students. The picture cards are things my students can understand. I appreciate the thoughtfulness that went into picking images that are obvious and not easily mistaken for anything else. I love how the cards have the description for how the sound is made on the back and multiple examples where the sound is made (again these were obviously thought out with all words following the sound exactly). It aligned perfectly with the science of reading and often goes into much more detail for producing the sounds than my required curriculum does. I’ve had multiple adults in the room while I am teaching comment on how they wish they had learned like this as kids and how they are understanding more about letter sounds just from the sound wall alone. I cannot recommend this sound wall enough and have sent multiple teachers in our district to this one after seeing it in my classroom. If you are on the fence or going back and forth between several options, buy this one. You will not regret it.
Kaitlyn H. –
This is a great resource! I love the locks included to get students excited to unlock the sound. I love how it comes with personal sound walls that you can have students fill out when explicitly taught. Such a great product. Your students’ learning will be impacted.
Maria H. –
This was the best purchase! It made setting up my classroom Sound Wall so easy!
Stefanie Hurte –
My students love to be able to refer to the sound wall when they are not sure how to position their tongues. This is a helpful resource!
Jasmine S. –
A great way to review these skills and have students practice using them.
Lisa St Louis –
I love thé student mouth cards. Thank you for the lessons and videos in this resource. They are very helpful.
Madison K. –
Great resource for my students. They enjoyed it!!!
Lori M. –
A great soundwall resource. Definitely takes a lot of printing and prep!
Ashley T. –
This is a great resource to use alongside the UFLI curriculum. It provides a great visual aid for students to reference.
Sarah D. –
We made reference to this sound wall throughout the school year, which was very helpful for my first graders in learning how to read. Many staff complimented the use of real photos and asked where I found this version of a sound wall.
Abbi Odom –
I love the real student pictures and the options for various student personal sound walls for their folders.
Lindsey Edmondson –
This is such a great resource for my students! I loved using this product with my First Graders!
Helen V. –
This is a great resource for literacy ESL learners. It follows a pattern and distinguishes between the many naunces and exceptions for sounds of the English language.
Emma W. –
This is a great resource! My students really enjoyed using it.
Courtney S. –
Amazing resource! I really love using this sound wall in the classroom.
Jessica S. –
I used with my first graders. I liked that it had photographs of the mouths, and pictures for words.
Sarah G. –
I am still in the process of assembling my sound wall. However, I am really excited to use it due to the mouth pictures for the sounds. I believe it will be a helpful resource for my kindergarteners as they begin to learn to read.