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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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Ashley A. –
This new addition is a great resource to my room. I love the real pictures used instead of clipart graphics. I can’t wait to continue to use in the future.
The Primary School Teacher –
Great resource for showing my students mouth, teeth and tongue positions. Thanks
linda W. –
My students love this. This helps all of my students. This has been a great resource for my second graders who are really struggling with reading after learning on zoom for the past two years. I printed the large alphabet pictures and the alphabet pictures for my wall, but how do I print large images of the mouths to go above them?
Carol C. –
Very useful! Thank you!
Natalie B. –
Perfect!
Mermaids and Mateys –
This is such a wonderful resource and I LOVE how cute it is! This year I’m in second so I’m just using to help my struggling readers, but I’m moving to Kinder next year and am THRILLED about getting to use these! Thank you for sharing!
Denielle S. –
This is the most useful resource in my room! I work with emergent ELL students and it helps them to see how to form their mouth, articulation, etc. Thank you!
Shauna W. –
We refer to the posters on our Sound Wall every single day. This is an amazing resource. Thank you!!!
Robin D. –
Hopefully the graphic work would be improved a lot later.
Alexie H. –
Exactly what I was looking for!!!
Brenda D. –
I use the cards for introduction to new sounds. Then I place them on my ‘Vowel Valley’ bulletin board. Set up was very easy. My students commented “WOW’. Thanks so much!
Rachel N. –
Love the real pictures for mouth formations.
Lee K. –
I’ve been looking for a new sound wall and chose this one because it is the most aligned with what I am learning in my SOR training. The author listens to teacher feedback and updates accordingly, which is nice. I love all of the resources and the flexibility that I have to arrange it in a way that works for me. Thanks so much!
Busy Bee Learners –
Such a great resource. Love the pictures
Second Grade Sizzle-Kacie Biggs –
Thank you! My students and I loved this!
Vanessa DiPalma –
My students are loving learning about their new sound wall! They had some much fun trying to make their mouth match the pictures and turning their voice on and off for different sounds!
Kim A. –
Use the sound wall daily with my students. Easy to use resource. Well organized and user friendly.
Amanda Howard –
Great resource! Thank you!
Consuelo M. –
Good resource.
Angie G. –
Great resource!