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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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Holly G. –
I’m so exciting to make the switch to a sound wall and I think this is going to go well with other materials I will be using to teach sounds.
claudia H. –
Great!
Cartwright ES O. –
This is my first use of a sound wall and I greatly appreciate the resource! Thank you!!
Janet G. –
I love this resource so very, very much! Thank you!
Tracy H. –
Great resource.
Ajurah A. –
Thank you so much!
Sprinkles of Elementary –
Great resource! Be prepared for lots of cutting. I love the options and videos!
Lisa Hennen –
Love it! The mouth pictures are fabulous. It really helps with our phonics instruction. Love the lock pictures too, it makes learning more exciting.
The Precious Primaries –
perfect for striving learners
KinderCarden –
I love the visuals! We’re just beginning the year so we’ve only started introducing the sound wall, but the mouth placement cards are a big help with introducing vowels!
sondra A. –
It’s a great visual for my kids while they are learning phonics.
Sophia C. –
thanks
Becky H. –
Great resource and very easy to set up! Thank you!
Anna H. –
Great resource!
A Thirst For First –
My students love the locks to unlock the new sounds and get very excited when they get to unlock a new sound. This has been a great resource so far and I have found it to be highly effective when pairing it with practice activities as well as introducing the new sound with a video.
Darcy V. –
My kids look forward to unlocking a new sound every day. We get our our mirrors and use the diverse pictures to match our mouths before making our sounds.
Chelsey C. –
Thank you for creating this resource and using real student pictures!
D&R Learning Games –
I love this resource because it will and does help students understand what they need to know to be able to sound out words.
Tara R. –
A very good addition to our room. I am excited to use this instead of a word wall.
Natalie Mitchell –
Thank You