Letter r tracing worksheet
The hook stays up at the middle line. The only part on the baseline is the first stick.
Rows use Patrick Hand, an open-source print font. It is not Zaner-Bloser or D'Nealian. Dashed rows are outlines of the whole letter, not numbered stroke arrows.
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How this letter is formed
- 1Start on the dashed middle line.
- 2Pull down to the baseline, retrace to the middle line, and make a short hook that does not touch the baseline again.
The mix-up to watch
If the hook comes all the way down to the baseline, r becomes n. Keep the hook small.
Words that use it
rain · red · car · are
Common questions
Where do I start a lowercase r?
Start on the dashed middle line.
How is r different from the letter it gets mixed up with?
If the hook comes all the way down to the baseline, r becomes n. Keep the hook small.
Which words use a lowercase r?
Start with rain, red, car, are. Each word uses r in a different spot, so the letter is not only practiced at the start of the word.
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