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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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Jamie K. –
Great addition to our SoR phonics learning. I really the small cards to use in small groups and how they match the wall so well.
Elementary Antics LC –
Thank you! Instructions are clear and it includes absolutely everything you can possibly need. My classroom wall looks amazing!
Rebecca D. –
This resource is amazing! It is SOR aligned and very engaging for my students. All the resources I have from Mrs. Winters are my “go to” resources! Thanks!
Cool to Be Kinder –
Love this resource. Quick and easy to prep! My kids loved it.
Elizabeth S. –
Great sound wall visual to help students understand sounds
Caitlinn H. –
Loved this resource. Was finally able to create a sound wall that helped my students!
Courtney Nelson –
I have found that my students refer to this wall often and they love using vowel valley too!
Michelle G. –
Love the sound wall! I am a reading intervention teacher and this is a great way for students to have regular access to sounds and the way they are formed.
Kellie W. –
I used this with my Foundational Skill spelling/sound codes for the wall. Students could look at this and think about the way mouth formed to help them with sounds while spelling.
Megan Dryden –
I teach students in grade 7/8 who have learning difficulties. This resource was helpful to show them how knowing their mouth positions can help them spell especially the vowels. It also helped myself and EA realize why some of the spelling mistakes are happening eg. jr for drink and chr for truck. The individual sound wall folders have been key in differentiating for my students.
Doreen F. –
Very well done! I look forward to using this in my room.
Lori C. –
I love this sound wall! I had purchased a pre-printed one but ended up returning it after seeing this one.
Beverly B. –
Though I am still new to using a sound wall and have much to learn, I can already see the benefits of having it posted on the wall! We refer to it throughout the day. I like it that my 1st graders can see all of the phonics patterns we have been learning and practicing so far this year!
Heather Modrow –
This resource helped my students learn to decode and they would reference it a lot. Just what I needed.
Christine F. –
I really enjoyed having this resource available for my students to use. We just used the mouth pictures and they used them regularly. I definitely recommend!
Francsica M. –
This supplemental resource has greatly helped my students.
Michelle C. –
A thorough resource! I especially loved the real pictures of kids’ lips forming the sounds. It makes me smile when I see kids actually using the wall to access spelling patterns for themselves!
tortilladual –
Thank you! I am interested in seeing if a Spanish one is in the works. Knowing that the Spanish reading system is different. Loved this resource!
Koalaty Teaching –
My students and I LOVE this sound wall! The photographs are awesome and the key word photos are great.
Linda B. –
I am so excited to have this. It is LOADED with good stuff! I love that it has a digital component so I can build the sound wall on my wall as well as display it when I teach! I can make student sound walls for their phonics folders as well!