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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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Amanda B. –
This is a fantastic resource. I love that my students can see the mouth formation for the sounds. It really helps them stop and think about their sounds.
Tesoriere Tesoriere –
A brilliant resource! My students are constantly referring to the sound wall when reading and writing! However, I have a 4×8 bulletin board and cannot fit all of the small sound wall cards on it, especially if I want to add the word cards. It would be amazing if you could create an even smaller size (like half the size of the current cards). That would make this resource a 5 star rating for me!
Barbara P. –
Students were very engaged while using this resource.
Jessica Y. –
This is a great resource for my first grade classroom! I love the idea of a sound wall to help teach spelling patterns.
Teacher of Tinyy Humans –
This was an amazing resource. I love having this up on my wall.
Misty T. –
This made an excellent resource to add to my speech therapy room. The real photos for production are nice.
Abby L. –
My students loved using this resource in the classroom!
Delanie Williamson –
LOVE this! We have been using it all year to help kids see the differences in each phoneme.
Pam B. –
When I was making the big switch in my literacy program and didn’t have a clue where to begin, this was the resource that helped me get started. IT IS AMAZING!! Several teachers at my school are using it now too!
Sarah Herrick –
This has been a great addition to my kindergarten classroom. I love the real mouth photos and the colorful images that accompany each sound/word.
Teach Read Recess –
My student reference back to the sound wall all the time! It has become a staple of phonics instruction. The mouth pictures allow students to see how their mouth should look as they make each sound, so I give them a little mirror as recommended to look at themselves. This resource makes something so practical also so appealing to look at!
Maria Sturmer –
This amazing resource will be used in every primary classroom in our building!
Nicole Council –
This was beautiful! My kids really loved it and so did I!
Carrie H. –
These were perfect to print in color and create our own class sound wall.
Lemonade and Lattes –
I love that you can print this in multiple sizes. My students are using this resource daily!
Grace Oldridge –
Love this sound wall! I also really loved how there was video instructions with tips as well! Very well organized and visually appealing. We use it every single day to support our writing! Thank you!!
Savanna R. –
I thought I would love this resource, but I did’t have time to use it properly.
Kary N. –
Amazing resource! It is a great visual for students to see the different sounds they are learning but also the mouth pictures these sounds make. It is also a place for students to reference when they are spelling and reading words.
Alycia D. –
Great resource! It was just what I needed for my class, thanks so much!
Sarah Best –
This resource is packed full of great material and it has great instructions to help you get started. It is a well organized and student friendly resource.