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title: "K.F.PA.6: Phonemic Awareness Overview (Georgia English Language Arts standard)"
code: K.F.PA.6
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, English Language Arts, K.F.PA.6
subject: ela
grades:
  - kindergarten
language: en
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# K.F.PA.6: Phonemic Awareness Overview

Identify and manipulate the individual sounds in spoken words.

- Subject: English Language Arts
- Appears in: Kindergarten, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/kindergarten.md

## Expectations

- **K.F.PA.6.a**: Isolate and pronounce initial, final, and then medial sounds in spoken words with three phonemes.
- **K.F.PA.6.b**: Identify short and long vowel sounds in spoken one-syllable words.
- **K.F.PA.6.c**: Blend, count, and segment up to three phonemes in spoken one-syllable words.
- **K.F.PA.6.d**: Add, delete, and substitute phonemes in spoken one-syllable words with up to three phonemes.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

## The same standard across grades

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

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