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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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Leslie B. –
This really helped my students last year. Looking forward to using it again this year.
5th Grade Super Stars –
Very helpful in my intervention role working with students in both primary and intermediate levels.
Teaching Adventures with Ms B –
This was exactly what I was looking for! Perfect!
Lisa S. –
great
Ursula I. –
I love everything included in this file, especially the mouth sound cards and the individual student resources. It is great support for reading instruction.
Sarah P. –
I love that the mouth images are real pictures (and of diverse children)! It would be great if the images for each sound were also real pictures to help our learners that benefit from concrete versus abstract. Very helpful teacher info to help transition to using sound walls.
Caitlin L. –
Thanks! 🙂
Megan M. –
AMAZING resource! SO easy to use and SO easy for my students to access.
Sylvia Lopez –
Great resource!
Kim D. –
Thank you for sharing! Amazing tool!
Molly T. –
Thank you for creating this resource it has been a great addition to my classroom ELA and phonics resources.
Friendly Phonics by Sandy –
Great resource! Thanks!
Pamela Q. –
It was so easy to print and had clear directions – thank you for this resource!
Suzanne W. –
I love this resource! The pictures, letters, words and instructions were just what I was looking for inn setting up my new sound wall. I refer to my sound wall everyday when teaching phonics. This is a very valuable too. If you are looking to purchase a sound wall this has everything you will need.
joanne S. –
This is so useful. The students look at the chart and helps them spell and be more confident.
Victoria M. –
This is such a wonderful resource! I really appreciate the work that went into making it. I especially like the pictures of real children’s mouths rather than clip art.
Shantel M. –
This is a great resource! This is a very thorough sound wall with a lot of components that align with the Science of Reading. This is a very interactive and engaging way to implement letter sounds and spellings.
Claudia W. –
Amazing
Diana C. –
Awesome resource with many options. I just switched to using this sound wall last year. The visuals really helped students when we learned different sounds each week. Thanks for creating this!
Lisa R. –
Thank you!