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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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Joel U. –
Amazing resource! i loved it!
Christine J. –
Clear and easy to follow instructions for setup. It was very time consuming to print, laminate and put up all the pictures but I guess that’s just how it is. Some of the words didn’t really make sense to me where they were placed but a very useful and helpful product to have in the classroom.
Danielle Peterson –
A great visual board to support patterns that letters have and the sounds they make, great tool to look at for reinforcement of what sound practice we are focusing on in lessons.
Michael M. –
This is one of the best resources I have purchased to date. The directions were user friendly and the class used it frequently.
Brandi P. –
Wonderful resource with many components!
Varinder K. –
My students really enjoyed It
Qiana H. –
This was a wonderful resource! Thank you so much!
Molly S. –
This is a great sound wall with different options and diverse pictures. Lots of time to prep, but worth it.
Lisa B. –
I look forward to using this resource even more next year as I have been learning about the Science of Reading. I can see that it will be very helpful in my classroom!
Emily M. –
I loved the sound wall. They are easy to print, cut and prepare. I loved all the information you could get on each card to guide you as you teach the mouth formation and the pictures to support each letter.
Carrie T. –
Great review or reteaching material for students to do independently.
Juliana H. –
Amazing resource! I partnered with my SLP this year to explicitly teach phonetic sounds. This resource coupled with individual mirrors helped all of my students reach success. Thank you!
Stacie R. –
My students reference the sound wall when trying to figure out how to write their words. Great resource!
Patti R. –
I am making the transition from a word wall to a sound wall. This resource was used all year with my students. A super valuable resource.
Nicole F. –
I plan to use this resource next year in my classroom. I currently have a sound wall but don’t find it kid friendly as the cards are small, so this is perfect. I love the size of the cards and the different options for cards, everything is really well made. This Sound Wall doesn’t have all the same sounds as the one I am currently using, and the rest of the school, so will take me some time to go through and see the differences. One I noticed is we have ei and ie on ours but this one only has one sound. I know you have done a lot of research on it so will be explore the differences! 🙂 It was very easy to print at the instructions were clear.
A Kinderteacher Life –
This was useful for creating a sound wall. Thank you for creating this resource.
Karen A. –
Amazing resource.
Judy Pohjola –
Great sound wall resource! A lot of extras!
Holly S. –
So happy to be using this this year!
Stacy C. –
Very helpful lots of ideas on how to get started