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I do not personally have a sound wall, since I’m not in my own classroom just yet. I found this amazing example on Pinterest! One that I would definitely use as a reference for starting my own when I need one! I love how they show the mouth movements for the sounds. Especially for kids that have trouble with mouth movements or children who need some speech help as an extra reminder! The added “nasal” and “glides” showing how the sounds will “feel” are really so helpful too, because they’re super accurate and I think kids will absolutely connect with the way it feels when saying these sounds! Just another really great connection that you can make for the kids learning it! 

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This is the end product of my mentor's Kindergarten classroom sound wall or "Vowel Valley". I think these walls are very important because they give the students visuals and references that we can continuously refer back to. The vowels and sounds are unlocked as we progress through the weeks.  This week we are focusing on long "A". Under the chart for the sound "A", you will see words that have the long vowel sound for "A". I think it can sometimes be tricky to teach the rules of phonics when we run into words like "steak" that don't follow the rule of "when two vowels go walking, the first does the talking", which is what we teach to students when we explain words like "rain".  Even though that rule of phonics is not the focus of the current lesson, it's still important that we briefly touch on it to build upon their schema later on. 

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I am not currently teaching, so I got this image from the website "Sweet Firstie Fun", on a blog post about sound walls. I think sound wall is great because it's visually appealing - pictures and bright colors, which are attractive to young learners. I know from the tutoring I've been doing, that children are able to learn how to read effectively when there are visual cues involved. I was working with my tutorees on short /e/ sounds, and the worksheet that I had them complete included pictures of words with short /e/ sounds - "hen" (with a picture of a chicken), "red" (with a picture of a stoplight with an arrow pointing to the red light), etc., and the kids had to match words from the word bank provided to the corresponding picture. That's not the same as a word wall, but the idea is similar.

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I do not have a word wall in my music room. However, it just dawned on me that I really could have a small one up in my room!  I found this online, printed and laminated it for my student tutoring sessions.  I like how these newer sound wall examples have images of mouths for the students to see the shape of a mouth while making sounds of V & C's!  The sound wall is a great tool for students to reference during class or to have the individual sound wall in a file to take home and reference away from the classroom. As simple as it sounds, something that I have learned/realized is that sound-symbol mapping is a valuable reference tool for students in the classroom because it's a daily form of exposure to these important sounds. 

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This is not in my classroom, but I have seen something similar in my school placements. I really like how there is a visual demonstration of the mouth when it is saying a sound. For students who might be struggling, this could really help them. I also think the organization of the wall art is helpful as well. I did not have these visual representations in my classroom growing up, but I would have something similar in my classroom, maybe size it down a little bit depending on the grade level. Something that I have learned, is that having a visual representation can help students connect sound to letter correspondences. It can also help students to listen closely at letter sounds and pronunciation. 

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This is a stock photo we do not have a sound wall in my mentor teacher's room. This is the one I would like to recreate if I were to have one. I learned that sound-symbol mapping helps students connect spoken sounds to written letters or letter combinations, which is essential for decoding unfamiliar words when reading.

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I teach 3rd grade and we don't use sound walls. Though, within my school we all use UFLI and this sound wall is similar to what all teachers in our lower elementary have. I really like how it is a visual. I feel like this is a constant reminder to the student of the connection between the letters and it's sounds. I also really enjoy the images because it gives them an example of how the letters sound. Visuals are major in lower elementary, as well as with our MLL students.

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Since I do not have a classroom of my own, I found this image of a sound wall that I think would be really cool in a classroom. The concept of a sound wall is super helpful for students because its hands on and visual, which tends to help a lot of children learn better. Personally, I learn better when I can see things and have examples of them in front of me as well. When I intern and someday have my own classroom, a sound wall will definitely be a part of it. 

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I am in a multi-cat classroom and we do not have a sound wall; however, many of our students struggle with sounds. Personally, I love this idea of a portable sound wall. It uses the same concept as if you were to put the sounds up on the wall with the mouth visuals, but the portability allows the students to take this to class with them and sound out whatever words they may want to. One thing about sound-symbol mapping I have learned is that it helps enhance students' skills in matching and helps enhance their ability to connect sounds with words. 

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Since I am interning in a 4th grade classroom, there isn't a sound wall in the classroom. I found this vowel sound wall on the Reading Rockets website with a really interesting article about word walls and sound walls. I think that putting a picture up to show what the shape of your mouth should be when making the sound is really helpful to students. One thing that I have learned about sound-symbol mapping is how it seems to be beneficial to students to use Elkonin Boxes. I feel that isn't something that I learned when I was that age but seems to be a positive addition to the curriculum. Website:    https://www.readingrockets.org/topics/phonological-and-phonemic-awareness/articles/transitioning-word-walls-sound-walls 

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I do not have a sound wall of my own, so this is a stock photo I found off of Google when looking up sound-syllable mapping wall examples. It is from Polka Dots Please. One thing I learned is the demonstrative nature of the sound-syllable wall. Students are able to see pictures of mouths and what they look like when saying a certain sound in a word. 