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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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Kindergarten in the Kootenays –
I love how clearly this was laid out! Great resource.
Lorie R. –
Excellent resource!
Chartel S. –
This is a wonderful resource that is used daily. The visuals really help my scholars with the sounds.
Brianna C. –
Wow! Thank you for providing the short video to watch before getting started! It was really helpful to make decisions on how I want my sound wall displayed in my classroom. I also love that you have pictures of real kids! Thanks for creating this!
Jacquelynn P. –
My students love this sound wall. I have been using the locking method and they are so engaged when we are learning a new letter. The pictures of how to make the sound is really helpful for my students with speech issues, this has really helped me teach them the correct way to produce the sounds. I definitely prefer this over a regular word wall.
Patrick C. –
I am getting ready to start the year with my kindergarten students, and I wanted to find the right resource for starting a sound wall. This resource has everything I need! The articulation pictures are clear and show a variety of children. This resource made it so easy to try a sound wall this year. I can’t wait to start unlocking the sounds with my students.
Crystal F. –
Great product. Took a little while to prep, but it was well worth it for the growth that is seen.
Miranda W. –
This is very helpful for my students’! Thanks for the helpful video!
Heather D. –
I really love this resource and my students are already looking to it for help with sounds. I love that there are realistic and cartoon-ish, fun pictures. I am so glad that each letter poster is long and doesn’t take up too much space on my bulletin board.
Teaching SPED is my Jam –
Everything about this purchase just makes sense. I love the video explanation – I would have been lost without that. Thank you for taking the time to do that!
Alesha D. –
Great Product! Prints well and many materials included to help with set up
The Mystical Classroom –
This sound wall has everything I needed for my 1st grade class. It is aesthetically pleasing and easy to use. The personal student sound walls and mouth photos with word lists have been a great resource for myself and my students as well.
Amanda W. –
The pictures turned out beautifully. They were of great quality. The directions were easy to follow.
Amber S. –
Amazing
Yi-tung Yuan Cram School 9. –
I have been looking for an amazing resource after reading “Science of Reading”. This resource has detailed instructions and video to help set up the sound wall. Thank you for helping us teach phonics in this Covid riddled world. I teach in the Asia Pacific world where masks are mandatory in school and where we found it hard to show the kids how to form their mouths to form the sounds.
First Grade Learning is Fun –
Nice resource!!!
April G. –
Making the shift to a Sound Wall vs a Word Wall was easy with this resource. Love it!
Marina R. –
This is perfect! I have been looking into starting a sound wall and this has everything that I need!. I love all the options of sizes.
gabriella S. –
Great resource and very organized! I love that the resource used real photos for the articulation. I am looking forward to using this resource in 1st grade.
Carrie R. –
Thank you for making this. I have used this on my wall.