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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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Megan K. –
Make sure you have room for it! But I love it and the students do too!
Kourtney R. –
Overall a good resource but so big and takes up so much space.
Katie D. –
Great resource for your sound wall!
Andrea C. –
Work to prep it all but totally worth it!!!
Really Reading –
Awesome resource! I can’t wait to use this all year long.
Teaching Exceptional Minds –
Great resource to have in your classroom.
Lesley B. –
I wanted to make a sound wall this year but had no idea how to start. This resource made it so easy and less overwhelming! I really appreciated the videos that explained the process. Thank you!
Amanda T. –
This worked well
Three Little Figs –
Love this resource. Thanks so much.
S D. –
Placed these cards on my board and just started using them, this is my first time not doing a word wall and I love it. This resource is amazing!
Nancy S. –
This was perfect to work my students that were struggling in areas that were missed during their year doing Distance Learning.
Regina T. –
I absolutely Love, Love, Love this!!!!! I appreciate that after looking over previous reviews that the resource was updated to include diverse photos. Thank you for taking the time to create this.
Maria M. –
I finally got around to printing and laminating all the pieces. I can’t wait to put it up and use it will my students.
Amy B. –
Love all of the visuals! Thank you!
Constance A. –
Love how this has everything I need to create a sound wall for my students! I love the real and diverse pictures used. Thank you for making this wonderful resource!
Carolyn A. –
I am very excited to start using this resource. Thank you !
Learning with Lucy –
This is a great resource for helping my Kindergarten kids learn to correctly form the sounds. This is going to be awesome once I have it set up on my bulletin board. Thanks for all the hard work.
Chelsea B. –
This is a helpful resource! I can’t wait to put it up as we move through each of the sounds
Jackie N. –
My students love the mouth pictures and I find them to be helpful since we are wearing masks. So far I think this sound wall is more useful than my old word wall. I printed the smaller set of the cards, but wish they were even smaller. If I reprint them for any reason, I would print 2 to a page. It might be a good idea to print a sample before you print the whole set.
Rebecca P. –
Very thorough resource!