Letter A tracing worksheet

The capital A is two slanted lines and a bar. Start at the top, slide down left, back to the top, slide down right, then cross the middle.

Each row alternates A and a so a child practises both forms of the same letter in one sitting — which is how it is taught, because the two shapes are learned as one letter rather than two. Say the letter SOUND as they trace rather than its name: that is what turns tracing into reading.

Words to say together while tracing: apple, ant, alligator. Hearing the sound at the start of real words is what connects the shape on the page to the letter it represents.