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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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Virginia A. –
This is exactly what I was looking for! This is my first year using a sound wall and everything I need is in this resource. Thank you!
Zaneta C. –
Just put it up this year and am very excited to use it!
Brittany Y. –
I wanted to replace my word wall with a sound wall and this was a great resource to do it. I loved that it was easy to print out and assembly.
Melissa J. –
I can’t wait to use this resource! Thank you!
Emily R. –
Very excited to offer this tool to my students this year.
Heather W. –
SO grateful for this resource. This is such a valuable tool to introduce and use phonemes and graphemes to support reading and writing. I appreciate all the work that went into this! Goodbye Word Wall!!!!
Darcie B. –
Very excited to use this sound wall this coming school year! This was what I was missing last year to make our learning explicit and accessible for my young learners.
Stevie J. –
I love this sound wall! Thank you!
Shonda R. –
I love this resource, it works so much better than a word wall!
MrsB’s World –
This is a great sound wall! It comes with everything you need and I love that the pictures represent different ethnicities!
Letha G. –
This is a great resource for use with a phonics program.
Liz B. –
Super excited to use this in my first grade classroom! As a visual learner I love the diversity of the face/mouth expressions.
LOTTIE L. –
I have received a lot of compliments for this resource. I’ve shared your name so they can get it themselves. The students love it and use it. It is colorful and catches the attention of my first graders.
Christina –
Thank you so much Lottie! Happy teaching- -Christina
Heather C. –
This resource helped my students a lot, especially those who have difficulty hearing sounds. I like the use of multicultural faces and think my students appreciate it as well!
Mandy H. –
Love this sound wall!
Wendy G. –
My students are loving the mouth formation cards. We are using the Science of Reading this year and I feel that this will continue to be a beneficial resource.
kristina D. –
Love this! Its a great wall reference for struggling readers!
Karleen Fulbright –
Awesome!!
PATRICIA W. –
Engaging resource.
Jennie Price –
I just learned about sound walls in a training this summer and am so grateful to have found these ready-made materials. Now we can start the year with our sound wall ready to go.