Cursive Worksheets for Grade 1 (and Pre-K/K)
Letter shapes and pencil control. First graders meet cursive through the undercurve family — i, t, u, w — and spend most of their time tracing rather than writing from memory.
36 printable grade 1 cursive worksheets so far, across three skills, 288 ruled lines of practice between them. Every sheet prints on US Letter or A4 with four-rule guided lines, and none of them needs an account.
Skills at this grade
What is on this page
36 of the 36 sheets on this page were written for grade 1 specifically, and none are borrowed from the grades either side. The skills covered at grade 1, largest first, are Lowercase Letters (26), Uppercase Letters (9) and Themed Worksheets (1).
Across those sheets a grade 1 student works through 216 exercise blocks and 288 ruled lines: 73 copying rows, 72 tracing rows, 36 free-writing rows with nothing printed and 35 model letterforms to study. The proportion matters more than the total — a year with a lot of tracing and little free writing is a year still building the movement, and one with more free writing than tracing is a year using it.
The letterforms a grade 1 sheet covers
35 distinct letters have a sheet at grade 1, touching five of the five stroke families — the undercurve family, the loop family, the oval family, the slant letters and the mixed strokes. Letters are grouped by the movement that starts them rather than alphabetically, which is why b sits with the loop letters and not beside a.
Of those, twelve reach the topline (b, d, f, f, h, h, k, k, l, l, t, t) and eight drop below the baseline (f, f, g, j, p, q, y, z), which is why the grade 1 sheets rule all four lines rather than just the middle two. The whole lowercase alphabet is published.
What a grade 1 student actually copies
The grade 1 sheets put 147 distinct words and letter groups in front of a student, averaging 4.8 letters each. That average is the number to check before printing a set: a handwriting sheet that makes a child decode the word before writing it is testing two things and reporting one.
Five exercise types appear at grade 1 — letter in words, letter repetition, letter tracing, letter connection and mixed, across back to school themes. Within a sheet the order is always the same and the support comes away one step at a time: a model to look at, a traced line where the shape is already there, a copied line where it is not, and often a blank one at the end.
Before and after grade 1
Grade 1 is one of six grades this site publishes for, and cursive is unusual in how much a sheet moves between them: zero of the sheets on this page were written for another grade. If grade 1 lands badly, the grade 2 page is usually the adjustment rather than a different skill — the hand is the limit, not the reading. Doing the next sheet the same day is usually wrong; the hand needs the gap more than the head does.
Lowercase Letters
All lowercase letters →Cursive Letter p Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Six focused exercises guide Grade 1 students through tracing and copying cursive lowercase p, emphasizing the descender loop and connecting exit stroke.
Cursive Letter j Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Grade 1 cursive worksheet focused on lowercase j. Students trace and copy the letter, then practice with real words such as jar, jet, and jog.
Cursive Letter s Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Grade 1 cursive practice sheet for lowercase s, with a model letter, guided tracing, connected repetitions, and copy work using three real words.
Cursive Letter r Worksheet — Trace and Practice
A Grade 1 cursive worksheet focused on lowercase r. Includes a model letterform, isolated tracing, connected repetitions, and simple word copying.
Cursive Letter z Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Grade 1 cursive worksheet focused on lowercase z, including isolated letter tracing, connected repetitions, word practice with zero, zone, and buzz.
Cursive Letter y Worksheet — Trace and Practice
A Grade 1 cursive worksheet focused on lowercase y, with traced letters, connected letter repetitions, guided copy lines, and word practice.
Cursive Letter x Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Trace and copy lowercase cursive x in this Grade 1 worksheet. Students practice isolated letters, connected repetitions, and real words containing x.
Cursive Letter v Worksheet — Trace and Practice
This Grade 1 cursive worksheet focuses on lowercase v with tracing, connected repetitions, and copy practice using simple words for young writers.
Cursive Letter m Worksheet — Trace and Practice
A Grade 1 cursive worksheet for tracing and copying lowercase m, with model letterforms, connected repetitions, and words like map, mud, and mom.
Cursive Letter n Worksheet — Trace and Practice
A Grade 1 cursive worksheet focused on lowercase n, featuring letter tracing, connected repetition, and word copying to build the hump stroke.
Cursive Letter q Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Trace and copy cursive lowercase q — a descending oval letter — in six guided exercises designed for Grade 1 and kindergarten handwriting practice.
Cursive Letter g Worksheet — Trace and Practice
A Grade 1 cursive worksheet for tracing and copying lowercase g, with isolated letter practice, connected repetitions, and real word examples.
Cursive Letter o Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Six exercises guide Grade 1 students through tracing and copying cursive lowercase o, building the oval stroke and overcurve exit used in many letters.
Cursive Letter d Worksheet — Trace and Practice
A Grade 1 cursive worksheet focused on lowercase d, covering stroke formation, letter tracing, connected repetitions, and real word practice.
Cursive Letter c Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Grade 1 cursive practice sheet focused on lowercase c. Students trace and copy the letter c using guided lines, then practice with simple words.
Cursive Letter a Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Six guided exercises help Grade 1 and kindergarten students trace and copy cursive lowercase a, building the undercurve stroke from baseline to midline.
Cursive Letter b Worksheet — Trace and Practice
A Grade 1 cursive worksheet for lowercase b, offering a stroke model, spaced tracing lines, connected letter tracing, copy work, and freewrite practice.
Cursive Letter k Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Trace and copy cursive lowercase k in this Grade 1 worksheet, covering isolated letter strokes, connected repetitions, and words containing k.
Cursive Letter f Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Trace and copy cursive lowercase f in this Grade 1 worksheet, practicing its unique double loop and descender stroke through six guided exercises.
Cursive Letter h Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Grade 1 cursive worksheet focused on lowercase h. Students trace isolated letters, joined repetitions, and simple words before writing h on their own.
Cursive Letter l Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Grade 1 cursive worksheet for practicing lowercase l, featuring guided tracing, isolated letter copy, and simple words with l for young writers.
Cursive Letter e Worksheet — Trace and Practice
A Grade 1 cursive handwriting worksheet focused on lowercase e, with model, tracing, and copy exercises using age-appropriate practice words.
Cursive Letter w Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Grade 1 cursive worksheet focused on lowercase w. Students trace isolated letters, practice connected w repetitions, and copy words swim, wing, and wave.
Cursive Letter u Worksheet — Trace and Practice
A Grade 1 cursive worksheet for tracing and copying lowercase letter u, including spaced practice, connected repetitions, and simple word exercises.
Cursive Letter t Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Grade 1 cursive practice worksheet focused on lowercase t, with traced models, connected repetitions, and word copying for beginning writers.
Cursive Letter i Worksheet — Trace and Practice
A Grade 1 cursive worksheet focused on lowercase i, with guided tracing, connected repetitions, word practice, and freewriting for young learners.
Uppercase Letters
All uppercase letters →Cursive Capital K Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Trace and copy uppercase cursive K using proper names like Karen and Kyle. Designed for Grade 1 students learning capital letters in cursive.
Cursive Capital F Worksheet — Trace and Practice
This Grade 1 cursive worksheet focuses on uppercase F, offering guided tracing and copy exercises using proper names and words that begin with F.
Cursive Capital H Worksheet — Trace and Practice
This Grade 1 cursive worksheet targets uppercase H with a model letterform, five guided exercises, and a freewrite prompt for names and places.
Cursive Capital L Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Trace and copy uppercase cursive L using real names like Lily, Liam, and Lima. Designed for Grade 1 students learning their first capital loop letters.
Cursive Capital E Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Six guided exercises help Grade 1 students write uppercase cursive E through a model letterform, tracing letters and words, and independent copying.
Cursive Capital W Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Six tracing and copy exercises help Grade 1 students form cursive capital W, with proper stroke guidance and a freewrite prompt for real names.
Cursive Capital U Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Six exercises guide Grade 1 students to trace and copy uppercase cursive U, using proper names such as Uma, Utah, and Ursula as practice words.
Cursive Capital T Worksheet — Trace and Practice
Grade 1 cursive worksheet focused on uppercase T, with a model letterform, guided tracing lines, and copy practice using real names and places.
Cursive Capital I Worksheet — Trace and Practice
This Grade 1 worksheet targets cursive uppercase I with guided tracing, letter copying, and word-level practice using proper nouns like India and Iowa.