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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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Kim S. –
My students love using this resource. It has great individual resources for the kids as well as the whole classroom. It is very easy to understand as well as loos great!
Kari C. –
I love the real photographs for mouth placement.
Guadalupe B. –
My students were extremely excited when they saw my sound wall, they loved the pictures and began to emulate the visuals on the cards.
carey G. –
Excellent sound wall resource!
June M. –
I have created two beautiful bulletin boards in my classroom this year! I am excited to use them.
Tammi M. –
I just put this up in my room and I am so anxious for my students to have this resource.
Susan P. –
Great resource for a sound wall bulletin board. Love the mouth pictures, love the big letter sound as well as the word cards. My only wish is that we had size options for printing everything. These cards are big and visible which is so nice, but also take up the whole room. It would be nice to have size options.
Allison G. –
I switched from a word wall to a sound wall last year and this resource was perfect. It was a lot of prep work, but it is so worth it. It has everything you need and looks great.
Lacey Herrera –
We began using these last year and I was impressed with how well the kids responded to them. This year I think I would like to make the wall smaller so it doesn’t take up so much space.
Just Down the Hall –
This resource is great for my EL classroom! I also love the personal sound walls they can use in their classrooms when they aren’t with me.
The Teacher’s Toolbox –
A great resource for my students.
Alisha K. –
Awesome sound wall!
Nancy Vorstenbosch (verified owner) –
Great resource! Loved that the mouth positions were actual photos. Definitely need large bulletin board space unless you shrink them a bit for printing.
One Foot at a Time –
This is a great sound wall that is SOR aligned. Has everything you need to make it work in your space.
Decauslin Designs –
There is so much wonderful information in this product! This was a huge help to not only my students, but to me! Last year I was knew to the whole idea of a sound wall. This helped me understand and use it as the year went on. Thank you!
Teaching with Wings –
Great! Thank you!
Ontario Curriculum Co. –
Exactly what I was looking for, thank-you!
Gisel Leyva –
So excited this year, and vey functional. Thank you!
Sarah H. –
Love this resource! Thank you!
Megan P. –
This was a lot to learn, but it is what I needed! Mrs. Winter provides SO MUCH support on her site and really helps you every moment along the way. I can’t wait to grow this year in the SOR.