More About This Resource
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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Caroline H. –
Absolutely essential for a class without a provided SOR curriculum. Love the option for covering “locked” skills as well
Smart Cookies in Kinder –
Thank you! I can’t wait to see how this tool progresses my students reading progress this year. Thank you for the helpful videos too!
Sara H. –
My students refer to this often
Samantha G. –
This is very well put together and easy to create! Thanks 🙂
Heidi M. –
I am so excited to use my new sound wall with my students! I love the diverse pictures. I appreciated how everything is so organized and easy to build your sound walls.
Carrie B. –
Great resource!
Dianna Cavazos –
Cannot wait to use this with my students this year. Easy to follow printing instructions. Love the mouth photos of real kids.
Julie B. –
Great resource!
Jennifer Clark –
Great resource.
Lydia G. –
I did not get the chance to engage with this product as I had wished when originally purchased, however I was able to provide each student an 8.5 x 11 version within their personal reading binders. This year I plan to use it as I had originally hoped during reading intervention with K & 1.
Adventures with Alyssa –
Love this resource! Students used it all the time!
Kreative Knowledge in Kinder –
My students loved this resource. It was very engaging.
Mads In First –
SO perfect for a science of reading classroom!!
Susan R. –
Very comprehensive resource.
ashley M. –
Great for my firsties!
Deanna T. –
My students really started to engage with the sound wall and would look to it for other words that were not on there but made the sound. I like that the mouths are non-fiction pictures so that you can really see the mouth and placement of the the tongue.
Caitlyn M. –
Love this resource for my classroom. Game changer.
Teach and Inspire with Torres –
Super helpful, thank you!
briana E. –
This was perfect for my SOR board.
Rachel N. –
LOVE!