Name Tracing Sheets

Cursive I: capital I and lowercase i

Three pages to trace: capital I, lowercase i, and ink, itch and igloo joined. The letters print in light gray without arrows, so the steps below say where each stroke goes.

Each line becomes its own page. Keep Aa–Zz or type any words.

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Printed sample: Cursive I: capital I and lowercase i
The first page with the default settings, as it prints on US Letter paper.

How to write a cursive capital I

  1. Start on the left, a little below the midline, with a small curve down and up.
  2. Swing up to the top line, turn back over to the left and come down in a slant to the baseline.
  3. At the baseline, end with a small curve up to the right.

On these sheets capital I joins the letter after it.

How to write a cursive lowercase i

  1. From the baseline, swing up to the midline.
  2. Pull a slant back down to the baseline and end with a curve up.
  3. When the whole word is written, add the dot above.

Joining cursive i to other letters

Lowercase i is the first cursive letter many programs teach: upstroke, slant, upstroke. It starts and ends on the baseline, so it joins to almost everything. The dot comes last, after the word; lifting to dot each i in the middle breaks the flow.

After o and w, as in oil and win, the join runs along the midline and the i is only a short slant down. In ii or ui the upstrokes must stay slanted, or the letters turn into a row of spikes.

Cursive I and print I

Print i is a line and a dot; cursive i is the same with a lead-in and an exit. Capital I is very different: a looped letter that is easy to mix up with J. Capital I stays above the baseline, and J drops below it.

Print I with starting dots and arrows: letter I tracing worksheets.

Cursive i words

ink, itch, igloo, insect, invite.

Previous: cursive H. Next: cursive J. All 26 letters: cursive alphabet worksheets.

Questions

When do you dot the i in cursive?

After the whole word is finished. Write the word without lifting, then go back and dot every i and cross every t.

How do I tell cursive capital I from capital J?

They begin the same way. I stops at the baseline with a small curve; J keeps going below the baseline into a loop.

Why is i often the first cursive letter taught?

It is the shortest letter with both basic strokes, a slanted upstroke from the baseline and a slant back down. Once a child can make it, t, u and w are small steps away.