Tools 4 Reading – Sound Walls Classroom Kit
The Sound Walls Classroom Kit is a comprehensive phonological and phonemic awareness instructional tool that includes everything an educator needs to help children make the speech-to-print transition. The concept at the core of this kit is the “Sound Walls.” Sound Walls is a physical element in a classroom that, paired with explicit, systematic instruction, help students to bridge the gap between speaking and reading by getting their ears ready for what their eyes are going to see. Associated curriculum and resources provide a template for learning about the language by anchoring to articulatory gestures.
The Sound Walls Classroom Kit includes everything a teacher needs to bring a Sound Wall to life in their classroom:
• Kid Lips Cards - For creating your visual sound wall!
• Kid Lips Instructional Guide - Part 1 of daily sound wall instruction
• Sound Wall Solutions - Part 2 of daily sound wall instruction
• Phoneme/Grapheme Cards Teacher’s Instructional Set - For teaching sound/spelling connection
• Phoneme/Grapheme Cards Mini Cards - To create your classroom anchor of graphemes, viewable from students’ desks
• Student Sound Walls Folders – 25 Folders - Portable sound walls for use at school & home
• Small mirrors (set of 5) - For children to examine their own mouth positions
• Consonant Chart Wall Poster & Vowel Valley Wall Posters
• Phoneme/Grapheme Wall Poster

Daily Routine
• 7-10 minutes of whole group instruction per day
o 3-4 minutes thinking about a sound and how to make it (Kid Lips Instructional Guide)
o 7-8 minutes of Phonological Awareness instruction (Sound Wall Solutions)
• Grow your Sound Wall with your students as you prepare them for explicit phonics instruction
• Connect the Sound Wall to all teaching and learning throughout the day when students are reading and spelling

Includes: Kid Lips Cards (1), Kid Lips TE (1), Teacher's Phoneme/Grapheme Cards (1), Phoneme/Grapheme Mini Cards (1), Student Sound Wall Folder (30), Small Mirrors (5), Sound Wall Solutions ‐ Teacher's Guide, Phoneme/Grapheme Wall Poster, and Consonant Chart & Vowel Valley Poster Set