Sound Wall with Mouth Pictures

Description

This sound wall with mouth pictures is a great tool to display and organize language phonemes /sounds – aligned with the science of reading! Students can use it as a support with reading and spelling. It is organized from a learners’ point of view.

Now includes a digital version!

Looking to use best practice with phonemic awareness & phonics?

This resource is based on the science of reading and supports explicit instruction with phonemes

Need a sound wall that is easy to prep & customizable?

There are many different cards included in this pack! Phonemes, mouth articulation photos, mouth articulation clipart, keywords, spelling patterns, and more!

Wanting student versions for easy reference?

This pack has individual sound walls that students can have at their desk for easy access.

UPDATE: This resource now includes a DIGITAL version on Google Slides(TM) with audio pronunciations, interactive large sound cards, and lock cards.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ THIS SOUND WALL RESOURCE INCLUDES:

• Sound wall headings and labels
• Mouth articulation photos
• Mouth articulation clipart
• 46 phoneme cards
• Keyword cards aligned with LETRS recommendations
• Picture cards for each phoneme
• Sound spelling cards
• Word cards highlighting the graphemes
• Blank cards to add more words
• Lock cards to cover up sounds before taught
• Individual sound wall for student use
• Digital interactive sound wall on Google Slides(TM)
• Tips and directions

SOUND WALL FAQ:

What is a Sound Wall?

It is a way to organize phonemes and spelling patterns for students to use as a reference when they are spelling and reading words.  Words are grouped by phonemes (or sounds) and NOT beginning letters. There are 44 phonemes in the English language. A sound wall organizes these phonemes in a way that allow students to make sense of spelling patterns that make different sounds.

What is the difference between a sound wall and a word wall?

Word walls tend to be organized alphabetically using the first letter of the word.  Sight words, or high frequency words are typically placed on a word wall based on the first letter of the word.  When adding words to a word wall, teachers use the printed version and teach the pronunciation of that word. As stated above, words on the sound wall are organized by their sounds or spelling pattern.  When adding words to a sound wall, teachers first teach the sounds (or phonemes), then add the printed words that use the sound.

Why should I use a sound wall?

A sound wall can help children learn their grapheme (print) to phoneme (sound) relationships by giving them a reference point.  Students are explicitly taught the phonemes and proper articulation.  Sound walls provide consistent review of the sounds, improving their spelling and decoding skills.  By using the skills learned from the sound wall, students learn both high-frequency words and decode unknown words within texts.

How can I use a sound wall?

It can be empty at the beginning of the year.  It will grow as you teach the sounds and spelling patterns.  You can use the ‘lock’ icon to cover sounds you haven’t covered yet.  Introduce one sound at a time.  Draw the students’ attention to what your mouth is doing as you say the sound.  Focus their attention on the letters and the articulation card on your sound wall.  Connect how the clipart picture uses the sound.  Add words to the blank card to also use the same sound. Be sure to demonstrate how the students can use the sound wall as a reference tool.

Read more about sound walls in the classroom HERE!

⭐️⭐️⭐️ BONUS! THIS DOWNLOAD ALSO INCLUDES:

• 108 phonics posters in full color
• 108 phonics posters in black + white
• 108 digital phonics posters

ABOUT THE PHONICS POSTERS:

These posters are visually appealing with their bright, colorful graphics.

These phonics posters correlate with all reading curriculum and can be used in a variety of ways. Some options for use are while teaching a whole group as a focus poster, on a bulletin board as a sound wall, in a writing station, printed small for writing folders or student booklets, and in a small group setting during a lesson.

Each poster includes:

• target sound
• visual aid to match the sound
• list of 6 words that correlate with the focus sound

Phonics Posters Included:

Short Vowels-

• at, ab, ad, ap, am, ack, ank, ang, all
• et, ed, en, eg, ell
• ip, ig, in, it, ick, id, ink, ill
• og, op, ob, ot, od, ock
• ut, ub, ug, un, ung, uck

Blends-

• pl, gl, fl, sl, bl, cl
• pr, tr, br, dr, fr, gr, cr
• sw, sn, st, sp, sk, spl, spr

Digraphs-

• ck, sh, ph, th, ch, wh
• dge, kn, gn, ge, gi, ce, ci

Long Vowels & Diphthongs-

• ai, ay, a_e, au, aw, augh
• ee, ea, ew, y
• i_e, ie, igh, y
• oa, ow, oe, o_e, ow, ou, oi, oy, oo
• u_e, ue

R-Controlled Vowels-

• er, ir, or, ur, ar

Endings-

• ing
• ed /t/
• ed /d/
• ed /ed/
• ss
• ff
• tion
• mp
• nd
• st

 WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS RESOURCE:

Sarah P. – “This resource is worth every cent, plus more. The students have been gaining a tremendous amount of understanding from being introduced to new sounds and phonograms with the sound wall. They are learning faster and the learning is sticking better. I was absolutely amazed at how the dyslexic students in my class are now making more rapid progress with their phonics and spelling and reading because we are using the sound wall. Thank you so much. My students and I both LOVE your work.”

Debra F. – “Thank you so much for creating this for us! It is so complete and affordable. I not only wanted the sound wall cards but individual charts for my resource students. Each of my students will have his/her own individual charts in their folders for my classroom. Other individual charts were too expensive. Thank you for another great product!”

Megan B. – “I reviewed a lot of sound walls before purchasing one, and I’m so glad I found this one. The pictures are clear, the included words are great examples (the authors seem to have taken regional accents into account and picked their words to work everywhere), and the bonus sound posters are invaluable… I can’t believe they threw those in for free! This is the best sound wall I’ve seen.”

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