1st Grade Letter Formation Worksheets
35 printable 1st Grade grammar & writing worksheets on Letter Formation. Every sheet has an answer key — 35 in all. The first three worksheets are free to download; All Access opens the rest and every answer key.
On these sheets: d, g and q; l, t and i; st, sl and sp; cl, fl and sl; and more in the full list below. Each sheet is marked with the week it was written for: weeks 1 to 35 of Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency, Grade 1.
Practice pages support a program; they are not the lesson. These sheets reinforce Grammar Garden — Grade 1, the dedicated K–5 language and writing curriculum from Faith Readers. See every program →
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All 35 worksheets in this set
- Letter Formation 1: d, g and q Free PDF
- Letter Formation 2: l, t and i Free PDF
- Letter Formation 3: st, sl and sp Free PDF
- Letter Formation 4: cl, fl and sl
- Letter Formation 5: tr, cr and gr
- Letter Formation 6: st, nd and nt
- Letter Formation 7: str, spl and spr
- Letter Formation 8: x and z
- Letter Formation 9: c, o and a
- Letter Formation 10: d, g and q
- Letter Formation 11: l, t and i
- Letter Formation 12: u, y and j
- Letter Formation 13: r, n and m
- Letter Formation 14: ai and ay
- Letter Formation 15: ee and ea
- Letter Formation 16: oa and ow
- Letter Formation 17: ie and igh
- Letter Formation 18: ue and ew
- Letter Formation 19: ui
- Letter Formation 20: ar
- Letter Formation 21: or
- Letter Formation 22: er and ir
- Letter Formation 23: ur
- Letter Formation 24: s and es
- Letter Formation 25: ed
- Letter Formation 26: ing
- Letter Formation 27: er and est
- Letter Formation 28: y
- Letter Formation 29: oo
- Letter Formation 30: u, y and j
- Letter Formation 31: r, n and m
- Letter Formation 32: h, b and p
- Letter Formation 33: k, v and w
- Letter Formation 34: e, s and f
- Letter Formation 35: x and z
Teaching Letter Formation
What it is
Letter formation is printing each letter the same way every time: where the pencil starts, which way it moves, and where it stops. The letters practiced each week are the spellings being learned in reading that week, followed by a short sentence written with finger spaces.
When a child is ready
Begin once the child holds a pencil with a steady grip and can draw lines and circles on purpose.
If they struggle
Most trouble starts at the wrong starting point: a letter drawn from the bottom up looks right today and slows writing down later. Have the child say the path aloud while tracing, then write three careful letters instead of a full row and circle the best one together.
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