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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Janet C. –
My students use it as a resource daily for sounds and in writing. Love it!
Little Minds and Big Dreams –
My students are really starting to utilize this resource in our classroom.
Christine L. –
This is a wonderful resource. I use this to introduce and reinforce each sound spelling. My students refer
to the sound wall when they read and especially during independent writing, Thank you for creating this valuable teaching tool.
Jennifer M. –
I am still in the learning process of HOW to use this in the most effective manner but I am loving it so far. It’s a fantastic tool! I have taken down my word wall and replaced it with this. I will use this for years to come.
Allison Franzen –
This is the perfect reference board for my emerging readers! Our state is focused on Science of Reading now and this addresses those guidelines perfectly!
Teacherista –
Thank you!
porringer –
I am new to SoR and believe that these sound cards with real-life pictures help my firsties with the correct pronunciation of sounds/words.
Anne P. –
This has transformed my ELA teaching this year. For a group of students who received little to no instruction in phonics last year due to the pandemic, this has been life changing for them. I’m never going back to a word wall again!
jane C. –
Love it!
Athena S. –
This was such a great resource and will help me all year round! Thank you!
Brittany Banister –
This sound wall is one of my favorite parts of my classroom! Thanks for providing a great resource!
Jordan W. –
This resources is AMAZING. My scholars use this every day and their sound formations have greatly improved.
Sandra B. –
Love this resource!
Elaney L. –
I love this! Very helpful!
Cori B. –
This was an excellent visual for my students. Thank you so much!
Cheryl G. –
This is my first year using a sound wall. Great resource and I love the mouth formation pictures.
Melinda P. –
Wonderful resource
Janice J. –
This wall has been super helpful! The more I learn about SOR the more I understand how to use it. Love the pictures and instructions on how to help students form the correcxt sound. Just wish there was an edible card to add more than one word for each sound.
Rosalyn D. –
Loved the real pictures of faces. It is useful as a visual cue on the sound production.
Gloria Salazar –
Has been very helpful