Name Tracing Sheets

Cursive W: capital W and lowercase w

Three pages to trace: capital W, lowercase w, and web, wave and window 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 W: capital W and lowercase w
The first page with the default settings, as it prints on US Letter paper.

How to write a cursive capital W

  1. Start a little below the top line with a small curve and pull a slant down to the baseline.
  2. Curve up to the top line in the middle and slant back down to the baseline.
  3. Swing up to the top line on the right and finish with a small curl.

On these sheets the letter after capital W starts on its own.

How to write a cursive lowercase w

  1. From the baseline, swing up to the midline and slant down to the baseline.
  2. Swing up to the midline and slant down again.
  3. Swing up to the midline a third time and end with a short sidestroke to the right.

Joining cursive w to other letters

Lowercase w starts with an ordinary upstroke but ends at the midline, like b, o and v. The common pairs are wh (the sidestroke climbs to the top of the h), wa and wo (it runs along the midline into the oval), and we (it dips for the loop).

Going into w after o, as in cow and snow, the join stays at the midline and the first upstroke is only a short slant down.

Cursive W and print W

Print w is four straight slants with sharp points at the bottom. Cursive w has rounded bottoms, three upstrokes and a sidestroke at the top. Capital W is a large rounded W that ends with a curl at the top and does not join.

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

Cursive w words

web, wave, window, worm, snow.

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Questions

How do you write wh in cursive?

End the w with its sidestroke at the midline, then climb from there to the top line for the loop of the h. when, what and white are good practice words.

Why does my child’s cursive w look like ui?

The sidestroke is missing, so the third upstroke ends in a point. Finish w with a short flat stroke to the right at the midline.

Does cursive capital W join the next letter?

No. It ends with a curl at the top line; the next letter starts on its own, as in Will.