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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Kylie D. –
Excited to add this to my classroom! Thank you for this amazing resource. ☺️
Wendy Z. –
I love this resource, but am curious why your vowels are mixed. Why not do long vowels on one side and short on the other? I am sure there is a reason. Just curious.
Thanks so much!!
Olivia S. –
Thank you for this resource! I love the sound cards and the real photos of diverse students’ mouths.
Mary E. –
So excited to utilize this with my students!
Natalie B. –
Great resource! I am moving back to first grade after teaching 4th grade and think this will be a wonderful addition to my classroom as we work on writing more independently.
Courtney H. –
Thank you! I love this resource & so do my students!
Pencils and Portkeys –
I am looking forward to using this sound wall this year. Seeing the emphasis on the mouth formation and production of sounds is going to help my students so much. This product comes with several different ways to print to match any kind of display.
Penny G. –
This sound wall is perfect for our state’s new reading initiative and for use during explicit phonics instruction. Lots of choices for use.
Maribel F. –
Awesome resource! Love the tips, too! Can’t wait to use this sound wall in my classroom with my students this year!
Lyndsay S. –
Love it!
Jennifer Ross –
Very comprehensive resource. I wish the student materials included mini versions of all sound wall materials, small enough to fit onto a file folder. Overall very impressed with this resource. Thank you!
Christina –
Hey Jennifer, I just added them tonight, download again to get the free update! 🙂 -Christina
Amber Foddrill –
Amazing resource! This sound wall has so many options and that was the selling point for me over other options on TPT. I truly appreciate the different size sound cards and the diverse mouth cards. I can’t wait to implement this with my class this year.
Hope R. –
What a great resource to have. I created a sound wall in one of my schools long hallways and the whole school was able to benefit from it. The materials in this set helped me make this happen
Cindy W. –
I just went to a training on sound walls and loved it. I am so ecited to put in my classroom
Heather M. –
This resource made teaching phonics easier.
tina W. –
I printed this yesterday, and I can’t wait to use it this year. This is a great resource.
Sherri H. –
I am very excited to start a Sound Wall in my classroom. I love the pictures of the mouths and the instructions on how to make the sounds. Thank you!
Michele F. –
I just completed the OG training and your sound wall was mentioned. I can’t wait to use this in the upcoming school year to make my students stronger readers. Thank you!
Christylyn J. –
This is an amazing resource to jumpstart the science if reading!
Brittany G. –
I am so excited to implement this resource this year. I have been doing lots of research on SOR and this sound wall will fit perfectly.