Cursive Letter Y Worksheets
These cursive letter Y worksheets teach students capital Y, lowercase y, and words with the letter Y. All letter tracing worksheets are printable and perfect for kids learning how to write cursive at home or in the classroom.
The letter y is a good practice letter as the lowercase y curves below the line and then back up.
The lowercase y also has a nice loop at the bottom of the letter but not so much that it trails off into the next line.
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Big Cursive Y Letters
This letter Y worksheet is all about giving students more space to trace their way to writing the cursive letter Y.
The capital Y should be nice and balanced, but the lowercase y has that curve below the line and then back up.
More space is always good practice with the cursive y as it is a letter that stretches both across and down the page.
The student can take their time on this letter Y worksheet to practice the nice dip below the line and then back up with the lowercase y, making sure the loop at the bottom is not too long.
Cursive Y Upper & Lowercase
This letter Y worksheet gives students the uppercase and lowercase letters side by side for comparison.
While the uppercase letter keeps things nice and balanced, the lowercase letter dips below the line and then back up for the next letter.
The lowercase y should not have too much give in the loop at the bottom as this will trail off into the next line.
This worksheet on the cursive y is good practice for a letter that needs a nice opening at the front and control of the script to keep from going too far below the writing line.
Cursive Y 3 Letter Words
This worksheet on letter Y gives students the chance to practice the lowercase letter y in 3 letter words such as yak, yet, and yay.
Using examples of the letter y in words gives students different ways to practice the script of the letter y.
In the word yak for instance, the lowercase y dips below the line and then back up to make the nicely rounded a before finishing the word off with the letter k.
The lowercase y in the word yet connects to the e and then to the t with enough space in between the small letters.
The letter y in the word yay is used as the first and last letter, giving the writer extra practice with the lowercase loop.
The words yak, yet, and yay are all great practice for using the cursive y as the letter needs to be nicely formed while dipping below the main writing line.
From Upsilon to the Letter Y
The letter Y has an interesting history as it comes from the Greek letter upsilon.
The Greeks used the letter in their language and the Romans later used the letter Y in Latin writing for words borrowed from Greek.
This puts the letter Y in an interesting position as its use in English is connected, in part, to Greek influence and Latin writing.
The letter Y has a versatile use in the English language as it can be both a vowel and a consonant.
This same flexibility can be seen in the cursive script of the letter Y as while the lowercase y has a loop at the bottom, it also connects to the next letter.
Using these letter Y worksheets will help the student keep control of the script of this particular letter.
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