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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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Sherin M. –
This supplemental follows the Reading Academies theory on teaching letters. The visuals are very helpful for my students.
The Gentle Educator –
These are incredibly helpful for my ENL students! I feel that my Sound Wall is more beneficial than my previous Word Wall in my classroom.
Taylor’d for Kiddos –
Love your work!!! Thanks for the helpful resource.
Wende F. –
Love this sound wall with the real mouth pictures and the words that are associated with that sound. Students find it very helpful. Love the different size options as well.
Beth Reller –
Thank you so much! This is an excellent resource PACKED with quality materials!
Jennifer Elkins –
My students really enjoyed learning with this resource.
Coleen M. –
I liked the different parts of this product. The ability to be able to show the students how their mouth should be placed was important for some of my students. They were able to look at the picture and match it to what they were doing in a mirror. I also liked all the different example words under the sounds. That gave them such a great place to start.
sarah C. –
This was amazing to build mine and my students understanding of the letter sounds!
PETRINA K. –
This is a game changing resource. It helps for the struggling student who needs reinforcement for sounds and making the sounds. And it a great review for the students to quickly say the sounds and review sounds.
Ana D. –
Great resource to help students with phonological awareness.
Regina R. –
I absolutely love this sound wall. It has everything I needed. My emerging bilinguals who are still working on learning sounds love to go back to the sound wall and look at the mouth formation and pictures that match it. I wish I could make them just a tad smaller so they would all fit on my whiteboard comfortably.
CWPennington –
Our sound wall is a great addition to our classroom.
Katie Hosch –
This is a great resource to use with students to work on learning about the different sounds they hear in speech
Sunny in Second Grade –
This was a great resource for my classroom! Thank you!
Cathryn H. –
I have found this resource to be incredibly helpful. It is well designed and easy to use. Thank you so much!
The Designated Classroom –
I can honestly tell you that I really believe that my class of LEARNING LLAMAS loves this resource just about as much as I enjoyed watching them use it! This resource you created for other educators to use in their classroom, has really been a helpful tool that effectively helps me to better engage my eager learners! I really thank you for your time and creativity on this product. Your efforts will forever impact teachers and their students! If no onw else took the time to tell you….hear this from one educator to another YOU TOTALLY ROCK!!!!
Tiffany S. –
The most amazing sound wall resource! There is so much included in the file and we are constantly referring to our wall daily.
Mrs Galloway Creates –
This activity was engaging and fun. My students loved using it!
Carrie K. –
I had a more expensive sound wall provided to me by my SOR cohort, but I chose this one instead because I feel that it is more kid friendly. We love it and use it every day! 🙂
Meghan Z. –
I have this displayed in my classroom. I like how I was able to customize to what my students needed with the different options. I also like the smaller version of the sound walls available for students to use. Super beneficial!