TRT Podcast #128: Let’s talk sound walls: A conversation with Gina from Get Literacy
Everyone’s telling us to switch out our word walls for sound walls… but what are sound walls, and how do you use them? Listen in on my conversation with Gina, a first grade teacher whose students love to learn with the help of their sound wall!
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Find Gina here
- get_literacy on Instagram
- Get literacy coaching from Gina
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Naomi
I enjoyed the podcast, thank you. I’d like to know if you recommend a sound wall/vowel valley bulletin board for second graders who have reached syllable division, and what should be on it. (New teacher here; very ignorant – just know it’s called syllable division.)
Anna Geiger
I think that a sound wall for second grade is still useful, as most second graders are not yet solid in their spelling. So it’s a great reference as long as you actually use it and show them how to use it (otherwise it’s just wallpaper. :). I would just use a regular sound wall (you can see mine in my shop or search for sound wall on TPT – or you can purchase the Tools 4 Reading already-done sound wall).
As for syllable division, this means that they can read longer words. Parts of those words will include the phonics patterns on the sound wall.