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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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Raschke Lorie –
I shifted from a word wall to this sound wall, I’m excited to use throughout the year with my O.G. program!
Busy Bees at Work –
Has very engaging illustrations and color coded for easy sorting and prep.
Emily V. –
This was a great resource!
cindy M. –
Such a great resource! I cannot wait to get it printed and hung!
Christine J. –
I have put these on my wall and will introduce them as we learn the sounds.
Katherine D. –
This resource is amazing! It has all the pieces necessary for me to implement the SOR for my ELL students!
Ducks in a Row Let’s Go –
Amazing! I can’t wait to use this with my class.
Deb M. –
Other teachers and parents have commented on how great this sound wall is. It is also a great resource for my students with speech IEPs.
Olivia S. –
I can’t wait to implement this sound wall with our corresponding phonics program and other SOR practices!
Carol M. –
Thank you for creating a resource that helps me to support my students!
Kayla Leonard –
I am so excited to have this product this year!
Sarah K. –
This is a great sound wall, the only thing I was confused about was the graphemes for qu, x and the phoneme for wh.
Christina –
Hi Sarah,
Q and X are 2 sounds
Q- /k//w/
X- /k//s/
The /hw/ represents the sound not the grapheme used to write the phoneme wh as in wheel and whistle.
Let me know if you have any other questions!
-Christina
Jill – A Pizza My Classroom –
This is going to be perfect for my intervention groups in fourth grade!
Jamie B. –
I love how this supports the science of reading!
Julie Q. –
Great resource! SO helpful and photos are excellent.
Tammy Terry –
I appreciate this tool for learning how to make the sounds correctly. We are digging into intervention for reading with our homeschooled son. I like this idea of modeling the placement of the mouth. Thank you for this resource!
Brandi M. –
I am excited about using this in my classroom! We use another phonics program for direct instruction but I think this will add to it. I wish the pictures on the cards were editable. I have had to work very hard to cover these pictures to use the keywords and pictures we are required to use for each letter.
Learning With Mrs Lowther –
This resource was very helpful and easy to set up in my 1st grade classroom!
Brandy A. –
I absolutely LOVE this resource!
Jessica S. –
I am so excited about this sound wall! I love that it comes with everything you need to teach it to students and learn about how to use it as a teacher. The videos and examples are super helpful and the mouth pictures are awesome!