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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Graber Creations –
Great system for teaching the sound wall- very complete!
Jocelyn B. –
Absolutely LOVE it. so much better than a word wall. Using it in speech therapy for articulation and phonemic awareness. I think just having it up helps students. Great investment.
Rachel P. –
This is the best sound wall out there, hands down. The amount of work put in to creating this comprehensive resource is astounding. I LOVE that the mouth pictures are of real, multicultural faces. Thank you!!
Nancy S. –
I use this daily in my Intervention room, I love showing them the mouth placement, when the sounds are voiced and not voiced. Great product!!
Ashleigh M. –
I have gotten so many compliment about my sound wall. My students use it when trying to decode during our intervention lessons. Worth every penny!
Shelia F. –
Great for SOR
Regina T. –
My students love this resource. They really enjoy it when I get to unlock each vowel pattern. Thank you!
Team Engemann –
Loved this resource! Thanks so much!
Sharon McCorkle –
Great resource!
Murphy’s Mission –
I love this!!!!
Taylor’s Tidbits –
Well organized and easy to use.
Vanessa C. –
I loved this product! Thank you!
michelle M. –
The sound wall cards reinforce my Orton Gillingham approach for systematic phonics instruction.
Lindsey Nobles –
I purchased this for the diversity, but I have enjoyed using it. It’s simple to use and print out. Everything you need is in the packet. As soon as I put it up, the kids were attracted to it and ask me questions about it all the time. I would highly recommend this sound wall!
Mikala D. –
Thank you for this. I was wanting to get away from a Word Wall and this was all laid out perfectly for me to make the switch.
Straight from DeHart –
The sound wall has already proved itself helpful in my first grade class. It has worked amazingly well reviewing sounds the students SHOULD remember from kindergarten! I catch my students looking at it to remind themselves how a sound should be made. Great resource!
Naelani’s Treasures –
Love this.
Kristi R. –
The students love the pictures of the mouths for the vowel valley.
Janalea M. –
I love this sound wall!!!! Thank you!!! It looks great and it is so useful!!!!!
Alicia C. –
Perfect and thank you for adding multicultural children.