Learning Worksheets Tracing Lowercase a–z Lowercase r
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Lowercase Letter r Tracing Worksheet
Lowercase r is a short stick with a small shoulder at the top. It looks like the start of n that stopped halfway.
What’s on the lowercase r worksheet
Big dotted r letters, two tracing rows, the words rabbit, rainbow, rocket and ring, and a row to circle r among n, v, t.
How to write lowercase r
Start at the dashed line and pull a short stick down to the baseline. Go back up the same line and curve a little shoulder over to the right, then stop.
Where r sits on the lines
The r sits in the middle space only.
What to watch for
Watch for the shoulder becoming a full hump, which makes n. The r stops just after it starts to curve.
Words to trace
🐰 rabbit · 🌈 rainbow · 🚀 rocket · 💍 ring
Activity: Rocket r
Draw a launch pad on the baseline. Your child traces the stick of r as the rocket blasting off, then the shoulder as the smoke trail. Count down from five before each one.
Try this at home
Draw a tree trunk with one short branch reaching right: that is r. Five trees in a row and your child has a small forest of r letters ready to colour.
Same letter family
Capital R: letter R tracing · Joined-up: cursive r
Lowercase r questions
How is r different from n?
r stops after a small curve; n goes all the way down again.
Should the shoulder of r go to the dashed line?
Yes, it touches the dashed line and stops shortly after.
More in the lowercase FAQ.
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Also try: uppercase A–Z · cursive a–z