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Lowercase Letters e t i u – Model Only

Lowercase e, t, i and u at the most independent level: one solid model, one dashed letter, then an empty row to fill, suited to 6-year-olds.

1 A4 page · for home and classroom use

All printables: Tracing lines

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Characters: e t i u — model, then write on your own

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How to use this worksheet

  • Look at the model, trace the single dashed letter, then write the rest of the row yourself.
  • e starts in the middle with a line across, then goes up and round counterclockwise.
  • t and i start with a stroke down, and the crossbar of t and the dot of i come last. u goes down, round, up and down again.

What this worksheet teaches

Writing from a model needs memory of shape, starting point and height at the same time. This set covers all three: e is the tricky one because it starts in the middle, t rises above the midline but stays lower than l, i needs a separate dot, and u is the valley movement from pre-writing followed by a stroke down. Filling whole rows builds the steady size and spacing that make handwriting readable in first grade.

Variation to try

Play teacher: your child circles the best letter in each row with a colored pencil and explains why it is the best, for example right size, closed shape or straight stroke.

Questions and answers

Questions from parents

Why is e considered difficult?
It is the only letter here that starts in the middle, with a line across, before curving round counterclockwise.
The letters get smaller along the row. What helps?
Check every third letter against the midline. Tiredness often shrinks letters, so a short break helps too.
My child is not ready to write without dashes. What should we use?
Start with a full or half-tracing letter sheet, then come back to this one.
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