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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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Pamela R. –
This was helpful for my students to see how to hold their mouth when they were learning short vowels. It will be more helpful when our school changes over to SOR next year.
Always Learn and Love –
This product is absolutely fantastic! I LOVE the diversity represented in the photos and the incredible value with so many components to the set. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Melisa L. –
I wanted to add a sound wall after reading so much about making the switch from traditional word walls. Although it takes a long time to print and cut or laminate if you wish, this resources is so helpful during phonics and reading. My ELs and student with speech issues truly need to see how to say a sound, how to form your mouth. Teaching with masks on was so hard but this resource helped my students.
Hanna Stroud – My Literacy Space –
I am loving this resource!
Sarah Z. –
My students loved using this resource during workstations! They were completely engaged and enjoyed the resource tremendously. I have seen their skill flourish since using this product!
Christine Scott –
Thanks
Wendy N. –
I love the face pictures with their mouths – especially helpful since we have to wear masks in the classroom! I have referred students to it throughout the year as they are learning to edit their own work. However, for me it made more sense not to hide each sound at the beginning of the year. I found it too cumbersome and I used it a lot more when I decided to leave it up as a teaching tool.
Heather S. –
This is a great resource. Not the most aesthetically pleasing, but very practical. I only wish there was a bit more diversity in the face pictures. I was excited for the new pictures to be released, but they still aren’t very diverse.
michelle D. –
New addition to my classroom. This replaced my word wall. The children are loving it. They love creating words with the sounds.
Country Classroom –
The “mouth” pictures helped to switch on the lightbulb for many students, especially with the vowels! Fabulous product.
Angela G. –
I love that this includes student resources!
Krysta H. –
Love the options for printing, and Vowel valley especially!
Anne B. –
This worked great for my classroom!
Sharon Hampson –
Amazing resource. Everything you need for an excellent sound wall that students will refer to time and time again. Thank you!
Little Lady List –
greatly resource!
Jeni K. –
This was my first year to use a sound wall. It did take quite a bit of time to put it all up.
I would recommend putting it up over the summer before the school year starts when you have
plenty of time to figure out where you want all the pieces to go. I used my own spelling cards
from a different company that I already had to go under the mouth pieces and the letters.
I use a laser pointer to point to the cards when we review them.
cheyanna mckenney –
Great resource
cindi M. –
Such an amazing resource, starting the year with a sound wall has made such an amazing difference for my learners.
Christine S. –
This resources captures all that you need to implement a sound wall. I love the google slide version so I can add it to my google classroom. The pictures are well done and is appealing to the kids.
Megan F. –
This was so easy to put together in a coridoor. All teachers in the building have enjoyed stopping to look at it each day as they walk past.