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title: "1.F.PA.6: Phonemic Awareness Overview (Georgia English Language Arts standard)"
code: 1.F.PA.6
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, English Language Arts, 1.F.PA.6
subject: ela
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# 1.F.PA.6: Phonemic Awareness Overview

Identify and manipulate the individual sounds in spoken words.

- Subject: English Language Arts
- Appears in: Grade 1, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-1.md

## Expectations

- **1.F.PA.6.a**: Isolate and pronounce initial, medial, and final sounds in spoken one- syllable words, including words with digraphs and blends.
- **1.F.PA.6.b**: Distinguish between short and long vowel sounds in spoken one-syllable words.
- **1.F.PA.6.c**: Blend and segment up to five phonemes, including consonant blends and digraphs, in spoken words.
- **1.F.PA.6.d**: Add, delete, and substitute phonemes in spoken one-syllable words with three or more phonemes.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

## The same standard across grades

- Kindergarten, K.F.PA.6: **Phonemic Awareness** Identify and manipulate the individual sounds in spoken words. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/K.F.PA.6.md
- **Grade 1, 1.F.PA.6 (this standard)**: **Phonemic Awareness** Identify and manipulate the individual sounds in spoken words.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.