SOUND CITY READING
  • A Sequential Phonics Program
    • Welcome
    • Copyright Information
    • How To Navigate This Site
    • Information About The Sound City Reading Program
    • Information About The Author
    • How Was This Program Developed?
    • Why Are There So Many Different Books?
    • How To Get Started
    • What If I Can't Do Everything In This Program?
    • Information About Reading Street Materials
    • Reading Readiness
    • Understanding Consonants
    • Understanding Vowels
    • What Happened To The Old Web Site
    • Other Recommended Sites
  • Teaching Materials
    • Step Charts
    • Flow Charts
    • Teaching Levels
    • Books Used At Each Level
    • Color-Coded Vowels
    • Skill Sequence
    • General Information About Instruction
    • Integrating Phonics And Whole Language
    • Sound Story
    • Level 1 - Learning The Alphabet Overview
    • Level 2 - Exploring Sounds In Words Overview
    • Level 3 - Short Vowels Overview
    • Level 4. Phonics Patterns Overview
    • Level 5. Advanced Phonics Patterns Overview
    • Phonemic Awareness Picture Pages Overview
    • Handwriting Books Overview
    • Charts, Flashcards, And Games Overview
    • Newer Wall Charts
    • Previous Wall Charts
  • PDF Files
    • How To Work With PDF Files
    • Printers And Printing Supplies
    • PDF Files For All Levels
    • PDF Files For Handwriting
    • Level 1 - Learning The Alphabet PDFs
    • Level 2 - Exploring Sounds In Words PDFs
    • Level 3 - Short Vowels PDFs
    • Level 4 - Phonics Patterns PDFs
    • Level 5 - Advanced Phonics Patterns PDFs
    • PDF Files For Flashcards
    • PDF Files For Activities And Games
    • PDF Files For Newer Wall Charts
    • PDF Files For Older Wall Charts
  • Reading Street
    • PDFs Decoding Practice Pages
    • PDFs Spelling Worksheets
    • PDFs Word And Phonogram Cards
    • PDFs Reading Street Tests
    • PDFs Reading Street Stories
  • Pictures
    • Sound Story Pictures
    • Keyword/Sound Chart Pictures
    • Level 1 And 2 Pictures
    • Level 3 Pictures
    • Level 4 Pictures
    • Consonant Blends
    • Level 5 Pictures
  • Audio
    • Sound Story Part 1 - Alphabet Sounds
    • Sound Story Part 2 - Beyond The Alphabet Sounds
    • Sound Pictures With Letters - Part 1
    • Sound Pictures With Letters And Letter Patterns - Part 2
    • Individual Sound Pictures - Part 1
    • Individual Sound Pictures - Part 2
    • Individual Alphabet Sounds - ABC Order
    • More Letter Sounds - sh, th, ch, ng, oi, oy, ou, ow
    • Level 1 And Level 2 Sound Charts
    • Level 3 - Short Vowels - Sound Charts
    • Level 3 - Advanced Short Vowel Sound Charts
    • Level 4 - Book 1 - Sound Charts
    • Level 4 - Book 2 - Sound Charts
    • Two-Letter Sound Blending - Short U
    • Picture-Word Page - Short U
  • Video
    • Sound Story Part 1 Videos
    • Robot Game a_e/safe Video
    • Advanced Sound Charts Videos (All SCR Patterns)
  • Blog
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PDF Files For Wall Charts no

​In this program, there are several kinds of wall charts that show the alphabet letters and phonics patterns, along with sound pictures or key word pictures.  Post the charts that match your class's current level, them use them daily for a quick and easy whole-class review.


Please scroll down to see all of the available charts.

     Click on any of the GREEN bars below to download the desired files.  My original wall charts are shown first.  These were made by hand and are not available as PDF files.  However, you can add triangular roofs to any of the wall charts in the PDF files shown below, along with streets and other images to create a "Sound City."  There are a variety of wall charts available.  Scroll down to see all of the options.  The advanced ending syllable charts are new.  To see them scroll to the bottom of this page.
​     These materials are copyrighted, but I give permission for schools, teachers, tutors, and parents to download, save, and print any file to use with their own students or children.  All other uses are prohibited.
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If you are having trouble downloading the PDF files on this page, please read this note.
Many computers have the software to download PDF files built in.  If your computer will not open the PDF files downloaded from this page, you may click on this link -  Adobe Acrobat Reader DC - to download the free software that you need from Adobe.  Once the software has downloaded and has been installed, you should be able to download the PDF files on this page and open them easily.  Just click on any of the green bars shown below.  The name of the file is shown on the green bar.

Original Wall Charts From About 1992

These are my first wall charts.  I did the lettering and drew the pictures by hand.  


These are pictures of the first "Sound City" sound charts.  Unfortunately, they were taken with an instant print camera in 1992, and they have faded to the point that they are mostly illegible.  PDF files for these charts are not available.  However, you can present the other charts that are available in the same way, if you wish, by adding triangles for roofs.
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     These are the first wall charts that I made.  I started with a large sheet of blue paper as a background, and put a border around it.  I wrote the phonics patterns, pictures, and key words that I was teaching on sheets of white paper by hand, sorting them into logical groups.  I arranged them in two rows, one above the other.  I added construction paper triangles to the top of each chart so that they would look like houses, creating a "Sound City."
     I used black construction paper to make the streets. I used chalk to make a dashed line along the center of each road.  I happened to have some green textured vinyl sheets that I cut slightly wider than the roads.  I placed the green pieces on the area below the houses first, then put the roads on top of the green strips.  This was meant to show grass on either side of the streets.
     I continued the city theme by writing the beginning consonant blends and ending consonant blends on construction paper shapes.  I drew several large trucks and placed them on the roads.  I put the shapes for beginning consonant blends on one truck and ending consonant blends on another truck.  I also put up two airplanes pulling banners.  I do not recall exactly where all the patterns are placed on these charts.  The houses that have white roofs with a black border show the long vowel patterns, with one house for each long vowel sound.

Using Picture Files To Make Your Own Wall Cards And Charts


     If you want to make your own wall charts, wall cards, flash cards, and learning games, on the main menu going across the top of the page, click on PICTURE FILES.  You'll find the pictures from the sound story, key word pictures from the sound charts, and pictures to illustrate beginning sounds, ending sounds, consonant blends, and many phonetic words.

Small Wall Charts From A Sound Story About Audrey And Brad

Use these charts when working with small groups who will be close to the charts.


     These charts are included in the book A Sound Story About Audrey And Brad.  They are printed on one side only so that they can be removed from the book and posted on a wall or bulletin board. 
     The charts in the book are printed on 8 1/2 by 11 inch white paper.  They have roofs so that they look like houses.  The phonics patterns, words, and pictures on these charts are large enough to be seen if students are sitting close to the charts.  Students will not be able to read these charts from the back of the room.  
     Click on the green bar below to download the PDF file for A Sound Story About Audrey And Brad.  You will find the charts at the end of the book.  Print the pages that you need and post them on the wall or a bulletin board.
A Sound Story About Audrey And Brad
 Here are some sample pictures of the sound charts in the book A Sound Story About Audrey And Brad. The roofs for the alphabet chart will be found on a separate page.
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Large Wall Charts  (Scroll down to see the charts for different levels.)
​Use these charts in a classroom when working with the whole group.


The wall charts shown below are large enough for students to see from their desks in a regular sized classroom.

Large Wall Charts For Levels 1, 2, And 3
Use with Learning The Alphabet, Exploring Sounds In Words, And Short Vowels
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Printed on 11 X 17 ledger paper
​Click on the green bar to download the PDF file.

These pages are used with Learning The Alphabet and Exploring Sounds In Words.

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These charts should be printed on white 11" by 17" ledger sized paper.  Some assembly is needed, involving cutting and taping some of the pages to other pages for charts that are too large to fit on a single page.  Assembly instructions are included. ​
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Use these wall charts with the following books.  
  • ​​Learning The Alphabet, Books 1 And 2
  • Exploring Sounds In Words​, Books 1 And 2
  • Any of the short vowel books.
Wall Charts For LTA, ESIW, Short Vowels

These pages are used with any of the short vowel books. 

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Large Alphabet Wall Cards With Handwriting Models And Sound Pictures
​Printed on 8 1/2 by 11 inch letter sized paper or card stock
​Click on the green bar to download the PDF file


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These alphabet wall cards would work well in a row near the ceiling above the chalkboard.  They show the consonants and short vowels.  The sound pictures are in color.  The short vowels are printed in a specific color for each short vowel.  
Letter Sized Alphabet Charts With Sound Pictures In Color

Large Beyond The Alphabet Wall Cards From Part 2 Of The Sound Story
​With Handwriting Models And Sound Pictures

​Printed on 8 1/2 by 11 inch letter sized paper or card stock
​Click on the green bar to download the PDF file


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These wall cards are in the same format as the alphabet wall cards shown above.  It includes all of the sound pictures from Part 2 of the sound story.  It also includes a card for the long i sound, which is introduced in Part 1.    
Letter Sized Beyond The Alphabet Charts With Sound Pictures In Color

Large Phonics Pattern Wall Charts For Level 4 - Approximately 58 Pages Plus Instructions
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Use with any of these three sets of books: Phonetic Words And Stories, Basic Phonics Patterns, or Know The Phonetic Code
​All three sets of books teach the phonics patterns in the same order.  However they are set up in a different visual format.
​The pages are printed on 11 X 17 ledger paper.

These charts should be printed on white 11" by 17" ledger sized paper.  Some assembly is needed, involving trimming the bottom of some pages or cutting and taping some of the pages together when a chart is too large to fit on a single page.  Assembly instructions are included.

An alphabet chart is also included.  The charts show all of the phonics patterns taught in Level 4.  

As students work through the Level 4, some patterns will have multiple sounds.  For these patterns, all of the possible sounds are shown on the chart.

In some cases, students learn learn one or two sounds initially and then learn one or more additional sounds for the same pattern in a later book.  For example, in Book 2 students learn two sounds for the ea pattern: ea/eat and ea/head.  In Book 6, student learn a third sound for this pattern: ea/steak.  In these cases, more than one version of the charts are included, so that students are not confused by seeing sounds they have not yet learned.  Start with the first chart, and then replace it when students have learned the additional sound or sounds.

Use the phonics patterns charts with any of the following books.  Each set of books is printed in a different format, but they all teach the same patterns in the same order.
  • Phonetic Words And Stories, Books 1-8
  • Basic Phonics Patterns, Books 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-6, 7-8
  • Know The Phonetic Code
  • Know The Phonetic Code, No Stories

This set of charts will also be used at Level 5, Advanced Phonics Patterns, for review.
  • Advanced Phonics Patterns From Children's Books 

Click on the green bar to download the PDF file with charts showing the Level 4 phonics patterns.  Sample charts are shown below.
Phonics Pattern Wall Charts For Level 4

These charts are similar to the charts at the end of A Sound Story About Audrey And Brad, but they are larger.

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These charts (and others in this set) match the charts in the student books.

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Truck charts are used to practice pronouncing ending consonant blends and beginning consonant blends.

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Advanced Wall Charts

At the advanced level, use these Level 5 charts to supplement the charts from Level 4.


At Level 5, you will use the Level 4 charts to review previously taught patterns.  You can add the advanced ending syllable wall charts shown below.  I am working on a set of Advanced consonant pattern charts.  Hopefully I will be adding them soon.
Click on the green bar below to download the PDF file for the advanced ending syllable wall charts.  Sample pages from the charts are shown below the bar.  The pages are printed on 11 by 17 inch white paper in landscape mode.  There are two version of the charts in this file.  The first version shows the ending syllables in the order in which they are introduced.  The second version shows the ending syllables grouped by types of syllables.  You can decide which version you want to use.
Advanced Ending Syllable Wall Charts
Sample pages showing advanced ending syllables arranged sequentially.
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Sample pages showing advanced ending syllables sorted by type.
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Older Versions Of Alphabet Wall Cards That Include Phonics Patterns


I've updated an older version of the wall charts, creating two different versions.  The sets include alphabet wall cards to be printed on legal sized paper or card stock.  Each card shows a model of the correct letter formation for a letter of the alphabet, along with a sound picture from A Sound Story About Audrey And Brad.  The sound picture shows the sound for each letter.  In addition to the letters of the alphabet, letters and letter patterns from Part 2 of the sound story are also included.  These are the "Beyond The Alphabet" sounds, which include the long vowel and dotted vowel sounds, two vowel diphthong sounds, and five consonant digraph sounds.  If a sound picture can be represented by more than one letter or letter pattern, the additional patterns are shown in smaller print at the bottom of the page. 
  • In version one, all of the letters and letter patterns are printed in black print. 
  • In version two, the vowels are printed in specific colors to indicate specific vowel sounds. 
You can see pictures of these wall charts below.
You can listen to the sound story read aloud under the audio tab on the menu.  Part 1 of the sound story can also be played as a set of videos under the video tab.  You will be able to hear the sound represented by each sound picture and the letters that represent each sound.  
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Version One - Updated Alphabet Wall Cards
Version Two - Updated Alphabet Wall Cards

​Use the two PDF files shown below to add additional elements to the Alphabet Wall Cards to show consonant digraphs, the oi/oy and ou/ow vowel sounds, r-controlled vowel patterns, and soft c and g sounds, 

Digraph Forest Pictures To Use With The Posters Shown Above
Legal Sized Accent Posters With Color Designs
Print these digraph forest pictures on green card stock to use with the brown tree trunks included in the set described below.  Includes consonant digraph patterns and the ack, ang, ank, and adge ending sound patterns on trees.
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Print these full color charts on legal sized paper.  Large designs show bossy r patterns with pictures to illustrate key words, a sun image to show the ce, ci, cy patterns, and an airplane picture to show the ge, gi, gy patterns.  Tree trunks are also included.  

Pictures Of Older Alphabet Wall Cards That Include Phonics Patterns


Here are pictures of the older wall cards described above.  Click on any picture to enlarge it.  These are charts I had on my first grade classroom wall at various times from about 2005 through 2011.  Even though I've added newer charts (see above) to match the charts in the newer Sound City Reading books, I still really like these older charts.  The PDF files for this wall are shown above.

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On the charts below, the patterns that have not yet been introduced have been turned to face the wall.  

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"Crayon" Wall Charts - Another Older Version Of Wall Charts


Crayon Chart - Vowels
Crayon Charts Roofs And Clouds With Sound Pictures
Talking Vowels For Crayon Chart
Ending Syllables For Crayon Charts
Use these four PDF files to create a phonics wall chart that looks like giant crayons.  Click on the green bars to download the files.  You can see pictures below. 

Click on the photos of the crayon charts to enlarge them.  The picture on the right side of the top row shows a combination of the crayon charts with the original version of the Secret Stories charts (see https://www.thesecretstories.com/ for the newest version of those charts; it's a very good program). 
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More Older Versions Of Wall Charts


Ledger Sized Vowel Pattern Charts
These charts should be printed on 11" by 17" paper.  They include color-coded phonics patterns with key words.  Patterns are included for short vowels, long vowels, dotted vowels, odd o patterns, bossy-r patterns, and beginning and ending consonant digraphs.

Legal Sized Alphabet Charts With Handwriting And Sound Pictures - With Background Colors
Legal Sized Alphabet Charts With Handwriting And Sound Pictures - Plain White Background
These charts have black and white sound pictures and show the alphabet letters on lines for handwriting reference.  Both long and short vowel sounds are included, along with some extra sounds, such as sh, oi, etc.  The various vowel patterns are shown on either colored backgrounds or plain white backgrounds.  On these charts, lower case letters are shown before the capital letters, because these are the letters most frequently used by the students.  

Alphabet Wall Charts With Phonics Patterns - No Handwriting Models
Print this set of charts on legal sized paper.  The charts show short, long, and dotted vowel sounds, basic consonants along with advanced consonant patterns, umbrella vowels, odd o patterns, sounds for y, bossy r patterns, and consonant digraph patterns and any advanced ending syllable patterns that have the digraph sounds.  The phonics patterns and key words have color-coded vowels.  A sound picture is included on each page.      

Color-Coded Vowel Posters
Print these charts on legal sized paper.  Color-coded phonics patterns and key words are shown for the various vowel patterns.  Sound pictures are included on the charts.

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Sound City Reading

All Materials Copyright 2025 or earlier by Kathryn J. Davis, All Rights Reserved
My goal is for as many people as possible to use this reading program to teach students how to read.  All of the materials you need are available on this site as free PDF files.  The materials are copyrighted, but I give permission to all teachers, parents, tutors, and school systems to download and print any of the PDF files for use with the students they teach.    However, they are not to make a profit from distributing the materials.  If you don't have a printer, using a print shop is allowed.  If preferred, you may work with the PDF files directly from a computer screen, without printing them.  This makes it possible for tutors to teach the program online.  Audio and video files are free to watch and to listen to, and they may be downloaded if desired for use with your  students.  In special cases I may grant written permission to individuals to use the materials in other ways.  You can contact me at [email protected].  
  • A Sequential Phonics Program
    • Welcome
    • Copyright Information
    • How To Navigate This Site
    • Information About The Sound City Reading Program
    • Information About The Author
    • How Was This Program Developed?
    • Why Are There So Many Different Books?
    • How To Get Started
    • What If I Can't Do Everything In This Program?
    • Information About Reading Street Materials
    • Reading Readiness
    • Understanding Consonants
    • Understanding Vowels
    • What Happened To The Old Web Site
    • Other Recommended Sites
  • Teaching Materials
    • Step Charts
    • Flow Charts
    • Teaching Levels
    • Books Used At Each Level
    • Color-Coded Vowels
    • Skill Sequence
    • General Information About Instruction
    • Integrating Phonics And Whole Language
    • Sound Story
    • Level 1 - Learning The Alphabet Overview
    • Level 2 - Exploring Sounds In Words Overview
    • Level 3 - Short Vowels Overview
    • Level 4. Phonics Patterns Overview
    • Level 5. Advanced Phonics Patterns Overview
    • Phonemic Awareness Picture Pages Overview
    • Handwriting Books Overview
    • Charts, Flashcards, And Games Overview
    • Newer Wall Charts
    • Previous Wall Charts
  • PDF Files
    • How To Work With PDF Files
    • Printers And Printing Supplies
    • PDF Files For All Levels
    • PDF Files For Handwriting
    • Level 1 - Learning The Alphabet PDFs
    • Level 2 - Exploring Sounds In Words PDFs
    • Level 3 - Short Vowels PDFs
    • Level 4 - Phonics Patterns PDFs
    • Level 5 - Advanced Phonics Patterns PDFs
    • PDF Files For Flashcards
    • PDF Files For Activities And Games
    • PDF Files For Newer Wall Charts
    • PDF Files For Older Wall Charts
  • Reading Street
    • PDFs Decoding Practice Pages
    • PDFs Spelling Worksheets
    • PDFs Word And Phonogram Cards
    • PDFs Reading Street Tests
    • PDFs Reading Street Stories
  • Pictures
    • Sound Story Pictures
    • Keyword/Sound Chart Pictures
    • Level 1 And 2 Pictures
    • Level 3 Pictures
    • Level 4 Pictures
    • Consonant Blends
    • Level 5 Pictures
  • Audio
    • Sound Story Part 1 - Alphabet Sounds
    • Sound Story Part 2 - Beyond The Alphabet Sounds
    • Sound Pictures With Letters - Part 1
    • Sound Pictures With Letters And Letter Patterns - Part 2
    • Individual Sound Pictures - Part 1
    • Individual Sound Pictures - Part 2
    • Individual Alphabet Sounds - ABC Order
    • More Letter Sounds - sh, th, ch, ng, oi, oy, ou, ow
    • Level 1 And Level 2 Sound Charts
    • Level 3 - Short Vowels - Sound Charts
    • Level 3 - Advanced Short Vowel Sound Charts
    • Level 4 - Book 1 - Sound Charts
    • Level 4 - Book 2 - Sound Charts
    • Two-Letter Sound Blending - Short U
    • Picture-Word Page - Short U
  • Video
    • Sound Story Part 1 Videos
    • Robot Game a_e/safe Video
    • Advanced Sound Charts Videos (All SCR Patterns)
  • Blog
    • Contact Me
    • Share Your Experience
    • Take This Expanded Survey