Phonics sound wall

Learn how incorporating a sound wall into your classroom and phonics instruction directly impacts the success of your little readers...

Make learning phonics fun and engaging in your classroom with this personal sound wall! Designed specifically for kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade students, this personal sound wall allows your students to better master phonics skills. Add this FREE resource to your writing, phonics activities, and individual reading time. Learn more and get your free sound wall here!

Hi friends! There has been a LOT of buzz about switching from word walls to sound walls this year. I am so happy to be hearing all of the buzz and seeing teachers diving into learning a "new" way of teaching reading. I say "new" because the research has been around for years!! Finally, the switch is happening. Let's talk about what a sound wall is and the benefits of a sound wall versus a word wall. Sound Wall vs. Word WallTo be 100% honest, I never had a word wall in my classroom. Since I…

Use a sound wall in your kindergarten classroom with these tips, ideas, and suggestions about using a sound wall in kindergarten!

Have you ever wondered about the difference between a Word Wall and a Sound Wall in the elementary classroom. This blog post dives into the details on both. Find out what each is and how you can use both of these tools to help your students. Both a word wall and sound wall can help your students improve their phonics skills and reading abilities. A word wall can also help improve vocabulary, spelling and writing. Head over and read this blog post for all of the details.

Sound/phonics wall

This is the phonics wall in a first grade classroom at Haslet Elementary School. The wall contains different phonemes that are consistently referred to in the class. Additionally, the phonemes directly correspond to words on the word wall in the classroom. As students are sounding out/spelling words, the teacher encourages them to use this phonics wall to associate different vowels to their sounds. I have found this to be one of the most useful tools in the classroom regarding phonics.

What's so great about Sound Walls? Read for more information about why they are so beneficial and why my students have excelled with a Sound Wall in our room!

A sound wall is an Science of Reading tool that is used to teach phonics skills to young readers. It is comprised of a vowel valley and consonants wall.