Letter R Tracing Worksheet

Learning to write the letter R shows young children how one letter can grow from a few simple strokes. The capital R starts with a tall straight line, adds a round bump at the top, and finishes with a slanted kick down to the baseline. The lowercase r is much shorter: a small straight line with a little arch that curves over to the right. This letter r tracing worksheet gives children both forms on one page, seated on three-line handwriting guides that show exactly where each stroke starts and stops. Practicing r also helps children hear the growly /r/ sound at the start of words.

This letter r handwriting worksheet is organized into three short parts that take about ten minutes together. In Part A, children trace four dotted capital R’s and then write four more of their own on the guides beside them. In Part B, they do the same with the lowercase r, keeping its little arch below the dashed midline. In Part C, three picture cards show a rake, a radio, and a rose, and children trace the matching word under each picture. All three words start with the /r/ sound, so children connect the shape they are writing to the sound they hear. Print one copy per child, and encourage them to say each letter and word aloud as they trace it.

What’s Included

• 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
• Answer key
• 16 letter-formation guides plus 3 picture-and-word tracing cards

Three Reasons This Helps Kids

• The three-line guides do the teaching a blank line cannot: the dashed midline shows how short the lowercase r should stay, and the top line shows how tall the capital R must reach
• Tracing before writing lets a child succeed on the very first try and then repeat the strokes from memory, which is how letter formation becomes automatic
• The picture words on this letter r tracing worksheet tie the letter to real vocabulary, building sound awareness at the same time as neat handwriting

Teacher and Parent Ideas

• Say the capital R strokes out loud as children write: “line down, bump around, kick out”
• Growl like a friendly tiger to practice the /r/ sound, then name words like run, red, and rain
• Go on an R hunt around the room and at home for words like rug, rock, and roof
• Roll play dough into snakes and bend them into a big R so children feel each stroke

Related Resources

• Letter R Handwriting Practice Worksheet
• Alphabet Stories Letter R Reading Comprehension Worksheet
• Busy Bees Letter Recognition Worksheet
• Letter R Song (Animated Music Video)