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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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Lizette V. –
This has been a great resource that I use with my students!
Brenda E. –
Amazing resource! I am using this with my preservice teachers. Highly recommend!
Stacey G. –
This is a great resource and I love how user friendly it is.
Glorilyn L. –
This is a necessity and the most used bit of “real-estate” in my classroom!
Laura M. –
This made a wonderful resource and bulletin board.
Miss Hull –
This is a great and helpful resource to use. Thank you!
Ms Natasha Theodora –
This is an amazing resource to pair with our phonics program. I really appreciate this!
Kindness Courage and A Little Magic –
Great quality! I love this Sound Wall! Includes everything I was looking for.
Susan H. –
I love the real mouth pictures for this sound wall. I also enjoy “locking” the sounds we haven’t covered yet.
Sam B. –
Love the real photos of mouths for manner of articulation and appreciated the videos and options for use. Worth every penny! I did wish the various spellings of sounds were listed in order of their frequency of use (ex. /f/ spelled with F, then FF, then PH as PH is less common that FF).
Karen I. –
It is up in my classroom all year. Great resource to reference with whole class and small groups.
Karie Roth –
Great resource for my kindergarten intervention groups while learning letter sounds.
Carmen Higueros –
I have this sound wall up in my room and it is very helpful to have such good visuals for pronunciation, especially since my students are EL.
September R. –
Great resource! Is being used in a resource classroom. We are able to reference the sound wall within the classroom during small group instruction.
ABC Luv 2 Read –
My student love the sound wall. Never did I think that I needed one but now after using it, I see what a great resource this is!
Erin Z. –
Students loved this resource. Perfect for first grade!
Jennifer S. –
A great resource. My students learning to use a sound wall has been so helpful in their writing and understanding of phonics and spelling concepts.
Tara P. –
Love that this sound wall uses real mouth pictures.
Valerie A. –
Thank you! This is a powerful learning resource. The photos of kids’ mouths really connect with students. Have you updated the file to include photos for /q/, /x/, and /ou/? My fingers are crossed.
Lisa Tran –
This is such a great resource! Saved me a lot of time!