This is a roundup post all about science of reading-aligned Sound Walls. Easily find all of the information, tips, and resources I have shared for using a Sound Wall in the kindergarten, first, and second-grade classroom. As we learn more from the science of reading, important instructional shifts are taking place in early elementary classrooms all around the world. One of… Read More
A Virtual Sound Wall for the Classroom
In this post, I discuss the benefits of using a sound wall in the classroom and share details about my Virtual Sound Wall with Mouth Photos, Audio and Personal Sound Wall Folders resource designed for kindergarten, first, and second grade teachers and students. As I’ve been studying and learning all I can about the science of reading and working to… Read More
Phonemic Awareness Routines and Activities
In this post I’m sharing a variety of phonemic awareness daily routines and activities you can do with your kindergarten, first and second grade students throughout the day to ensure they receive the phonics practice and review they need for mastery. In my quest to learn as much as I can about the Science of Reading I have read many… Read More
Using a Sound Wall to Support Phonics Instruction
In this post I’m sharing information about how a Sound Wall can support your explicit phonics instruction and offering you ideas for meaningful guided practice activities to use in your kindergarten, first and second grade classroom. Be sure download the FREE Dictation Paper so you can begin weekly dictation guided practice! Recently, I’ve begun learning more about how our students… Read More
4 Sound Wall Games
In this post I’m sharing low-prep, engaging sound wall games to help students develop phonemic awareness, including my own Mystery Words resource ideal for kindergarten, first and second grade students. These games were designed to compliment my Sound Wall Resource, but can be used by anyone! So you’ve got yourself a sound wall- Hooray! It looks great up on the… Read More
How to Set up a Sound Wall in Your Classroom
A sound wall is a way to organize and display the different sounds (or phonemes) we hear in speech. In this post I’ll share tips for how to set up a sound wall in the kindergarten, first or second grade classroom and share details about my virtual sound wall resource. Lately, I’ve been sharing a lot of information about Sound Walls. … Read More