Sound-Spelling Cards bring the Science of Reading to your classroom walls.

This large wall set displays all 45 English phonemes and their most important spelling patterns at a size designed for maximum classroom visibility. Each card is large enough for students to reference from their seats across a full-size classroom, making phoneme-to-spelling (grapheme) connections visible, consistent, and always present in your learning environment.

What's Included:

• 45 Unique Sound Spelling Cards — one per English phoneme*

• Card size: 6" × 16" — designed for visibility across a full-size classroom

• Spelling patterns (graphemes) tailored to your grade band (Kinder, Grades 1–2, Grades 3–5)

• Phonics insights and instructional tips

• Printed on cardstock

Choose Your Grade Band:

• Kindergarten (Set A): 40+ graphemes** that are the foundational reading and spelling patterns for early readers

• Grades 1–2 (Set B): 100+ graphemes supporting growing readers and writers

• Grades 3–5 (Set C): 120+ graphemes including advanced spelling patterns for upper elementary***

Ideal For: 

Whole-Class Instruction | Structured Literacy Programs | Science of Reading Classrooms | Intervention Settings | Students with Dyslexia

About the Design: 

Each card anchors to a phoneme — not a letter — consistent with how skilled readers decode words, store words in memory, and spell words. This phoneme-first approach aligns with any structured literacy or Science of Reading-based phonics program. Designed by Dr. Steve Underwood, a nationally respected literacy leader with decades of experience helping educators improve early reading instruction, these cards use visual structure, color-coding, and positional cues to build accuracy and understanding.

The keyword images on each card were custom-commissioned and created by Camille Dunn, a gifted young artist who created the illustrations specifically for this product while still in high school. Every image was chosen to represent each phoneme clearly, memorably, and beautifully.

Pre-Order Information: 

As a small business, we print wall sets in small batches rather than carrying a large supply. If the item shows as out of stock, please purchase it as a pre-order. A new batch will be printed within 14 business days of your pre-order, and you can expect it to ship within 30 days.

Cards Printed in USA

*The set includes a total of 46 cards. The card for the sound /k/ is repeated for classroom organization to have a card for the alphabetic positions of both C and K.

**The Kindergarten set includes a card for each phoneme. Cards typically taught in Grade 1 or beyond (e.g., r-controlled vowels and diphthongs), only have the header and keyword image and no graphemes. This sets the expectation that students will learn more about those cards later.

*** Product images shown are from Set C: Grades 3–5.