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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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Kate M. –
This has been a useful resource for teaching Phonics to prep students. There are is so much this can be used for within the classroom.
Nicole C. –
These look great on my wall and the students find them very helpful!
Katherine B. –
This is a great resource! Very thorough with clear pictures. Helpful for my students. 🙂
Tiffany W. –
This was perfect!
Maria R. –
Amazing resource!
Elizabeth Fowler –
This was an excellent resource for building my sound wall. Since I used my dry erase board for the consonant word wall, I had to print multiple slides on one page to make sure all of it fit on the board.
Laura M. –
The resource was young for grade 1/2. It would be a great resource for kindergarten.
Kelly H. –
I have this set up as a bulletin board and use it for phonics based lessons with struggling readers.
Ella Schuler –
Great resource!
Denyce R. –
I wanted to do a sound wall this year. I love the pictures. The children are actually using the pictures to see how their mouth should be.
Amy K. –
This was an awesome resource to get my sound wall set up!
christey W. –
I loved this sound wall. It is a great resource.
Shannon S. –
very helpful
Maca’s Classroom –
Great for small groups to use on Ipad so that they can see your correct mouth movement even if you are wearing a mask!
Jenna D. –
Amazing way to engage with the content for the first time.
Lori Norrick –
great resource
J Gifford –
well done
Kara T. –
My students are really becoming super spellers! They can tell me if their voice is on or off for a sound and can explain to me what their mouth is doing when they make the different sounds. I love having this up in my classroom, but it is very big! I can’t wait to use this again next year when I’m more experienced with it!
Layne B –
Thank you
Valarie R. –
This is my first time to use a sound wall. This is a very well put together resource. I really like it. I haven’t quite mastered how to use it, but I’m learning along with my kiddos! I will continue to use this and learn next year! Thank you!