Cursive "sh" Connection Worksheet — Grade 2
Pair-tracing worksheet for Grade 2 students practicing the cursive sh connection through guided trace, copy, and freewrite exercises.
This worksheet gives second-grade students focused practice on the cursive sh letter connection. Joining s to h is a useful early skill because sh appears in many simple words children already know how to read and spell. The s ends with a forward exit stroke at the midline, and that stroke flows directly into the undercurve that starts h — no pencil lift needed. When students learn to feel that smooth, unbroken motion, they build the muscle memory that makes all future cursive connections easier. Use this sheet in order: study the model, trace the pairs, copy them, trace the sample words, copy new words, then write freely. Encourage a relaxed grip and a steady pace — accuracy matters more than speed at this stage.
Cursive "sh" Connection Worksheet — Grade 2
Trace each letter pair slowly and carefully. Then copy the words on the blank lines below.
Study how s and h join in one smooth stroke.
Trace each sh pair without lifting your pencil.
Copy the sh pair on the lines below.
Trace these words that contain sh.
Copy these sh words on the lines below.
Write your own sh words on the lines below.
How to form these letters
- For s, begin with an undercurve from the baseline, curve left to form the s body, and end with a forward exit stroke at the midline.
- For h, start with an undercurve to the topline, loop down with a retrace, then swing out into two humps and finish with an exit stroke at the baseline.
- To join s to h, let the exit stroke of s flow directly into the undercurve that begins h without lifting your pencil.
What the sheet asks the hand to do
Cursive "sh" Connection Worksheet prints six blocks onto one side, with eight ruled lines. One of a model to study, two of tracing, two of copying and one of free writing. The order is deliberate: a model to look at, then a traced line where the shape is already there, then a copied line where it is not, and a final block with nothing printed at all. The support comes away one step at a time rather than all at once.
The words on Cursive "sh" Connection Worksheet are shop, fish, shelf, brush, shell and wish. They are short and they are ones a child at this grade can already read, which matters more than it sounds: a handwriting sheet that makes a student decode a word first is testing two things and reporting one.
Each block carries its own instruction rather than one set of directions at the top — the first reads "Study how s and h join in one smooth stroke.", the last "Write your own sh words on the lines below.". That is what lets the sheet be handed to a student who is working alone.
The sh itself
sh is the 2nd of the 30 connections this site teaches, and the join is the whole exercise — neither letter is new by the time a student meets it here. It starts on s, which exits at the baseline, so the entry into the second letter is the ordinary undercurve rather than a drop from the midline.
Where this one sits
Cursive "sh" Connection Worksheet is one of two Letter Connections sheets here and one of three written for grade 2. It is pair tracing work, and it suits grade 2 and grade 3.
The closest things to Cursive "sh" Connection Worksheet are Cursive th Connection Worksheet — Grade 2 Pair Tracing (grade 2). Cursive is one of the few subjects where doing the next sheet the same day is usually wrong — the hand needs the gap more than the head does — so those are the ones for tomorrow rather than for the rest of this session.
Notes for the grown-up
- Watch that students do not lift their pencil between s and h — a break in the line means the connection was not made.
- A common error is making the s too wide, which pushes h out of position. Remind students to keep s narrow and upright.
- Students are ready to move on when their sh pairs are evenly spaced and joined smoothly in all three practice words.
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