Sound Wall

Update 07/2023 Pastel rainbow color theme update.

Farmhouse color theme update.

Update 10/2022: Real Mouth Photos update.

Update 07/2022: Boho color theme update.

Research has confirmed how important it is for students to learn explicit phonetic skills. This classroom resource is worth the wall space! There are so many options here you can hang what your specific program or sequence needs. Options span from basic kindergarten phonics skills to advanced skills found in third grade. These are also great for classrooms serving students needing support or intervention.

I have personally seen my student's spelling and reading skills benefit from having a sound wall anchor in the classroom.

Basic Phonics Skills Included:

• Alphabet
• Short Vowels: a,e,i,o,u (with or without symbols)
• Long Vowels: a,e,i,o,u (with or without symbols)
• L Blends: bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl
• R Blends: br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr
• S Blends: sc, sk, sn, sp, st, sw, sm
• W Blends: tw, dw
• Final Blends: st, sk, sp, nd, nt, nk, mp, rd, ld, lp, rk, lt, lf, pt, ft, ct, xt, lk
• Digraphs: th, sh, ch, ph, wh, qu, ck
• Voiced and Unvoiced /th/

Intermediate Phonics Skills Included:

• Long A: a_e, ai, ay
• Long E: e_e, ea, ee, ey, ea
• Long O: o_e, oa, ow, oe
• Long U: u_e, ui, ue
• Trigraphs: tch, dge
• Spelling with /k/: _ck, k, ke, c and k spelling rule
• Glued Sounds: ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk, ild, ind, old, olt, ost, am, an
• Double L Combos: all, oll, ell, ull, ill
• Soft Sounds: soft c, soft g
• R-Controlled Vowels: ar, or, ie, er, ur
• Y Vowel: y as /i/ sound, y as /e/ sound
• Sounds of ed: /d/, /t/, and /ed/ or /id/
• 3 Letter Blends: scr, shr, spl, spr, squ, str, thr, nch
• Double Consonants: Floss Rule (ss, zz, ff) & Rabbit Rule (bb, dd, ff, ll, ss, tt, cc, pp, mm, nn)

Advanced Phonics Skills Included:

• Diphthongs: oy, oi, oo, ew, au, aw, ow, ou
• Silent Letters: wr, kn, gn, mb, gh, sch, sc, ch
• Advanced Vowel Spellings: /a/ (ei, eigh, ea, ey), /e/ (ea, ie, ei), /o/ (ou, al), /u/ (ou), diphthong sounds (ou, oe, o, eu, u)
• R-Controlled Exceptions: ear (learn), or, ar, ure, our, oor, ear (tear), air, are, ear (ear), eer, oar, ore
• Other Spellings: s as /z/, es as /iz/, /zh/, le, ti as /sh/, t as /sh/, gh as /g/, gh as /f/, wacky w spelling, ze, se, ve
• Schwa Sounds: a, e, i, o (with or without symbols)
• Syllable Types: open, closed, silent e, vowel teams, r-controlled, diphthongs (can be paired with vowel teams), stable -le
• Syllable Splits

Other Resources Included:

• Foundations, Fundations, and Jolly Phonics alignment is included.
• Suffixes & Prefixes
• Editable Headers
• Blank Sound Cards
• Mouth Formation Cards
• "Lock" cards to hide your sounds until you teach them.

Printing Options Available:

• Colorful (pictured)
• Boho
• Farmhouse
• Black Line
• Solid Colors
• Quick Print (to print exactly as pictured)

Notes Before Purchasing:

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Looking to ditch your word wall, but still want an anchor for sight words? Check out Sound City Bandits.

Do you need some additional resources to help support the phonetic skills you are teaching? Check out Phenomenal Phonics.