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Cursive G: How to Write Uppercase G and Lowercase g

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A big model of cursive G and g with step-by-step directions, plus practice pages for lowercase g, uppercase G, joins and g words.

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Print at 100% (actual size) for the cleanest tracing lines.

About these letter G worksheets

This is cursive G and g in modern cursive: joined lowercase letters with simple capitals. How to write lowercase g: start just below the midline. Curve back and around, push up to the midline, then pull down below the baseline. Loop back to the left and come up to the baseline, ending with a flick. How to write uppercase G: start just below the top line on the right. Curve back and around like a C, push up to the midline and add a short line in along the midline.

Lowercase g loops below the baseline and swings back up into the next letter, so ggg and words like go are written without lifting the pencil. In the usual teaching order, g is learned with the downcurve letters (a, d, g, o, c, q).

The four worksheets below start with a large chart of G, g and ggg, then give a page each for lowercase g, uppercase G, and joins and words such as go, gum, goat, gift, green and grin.

Standards

  • Texas TEKS Grade 2 (handwriting)develop handwriting by accurately forming all cursive letters using appropriate strokes when connecting letters
  • Texas TEKS Grade 3 (handwriting)write complete words, thoughts, and answers legibly in cursive leaving appropriate spaces between words

How to use them

  1. Start with the chart page. Read the steps aloud while your child traces the big g with a finger, then writes it on the rows below.
  2. On the lowercase page, trace each single g, then the joined ggg, then write your own on the blank rows.
  3. Use the uppercase page for G and names like Gus, Gia and Gil.
  4. Finish with the words page: the joins, the words go, gum and goat, and the sentence “Gus got a green gift.”

Teaching tips for G

  • Lowercase g: Start just below the midline. Curve back and around, push up to the midline, then pull down below the baseline. Loop back to the left and come up to the baseline, ending with a flick.
  • Uppercase G: Start just below the top line on the right. Curve back and around like a C, push up to the midline and add a short line in along the midline.
  • Watch for a g tail that curves the wrong way. It curves back to the left.
  • Print at actual size (100%). The gray letters are solid, so they copy cleanly, and each row has a black model at both ends for left-handed writers.

Questions about letter G

How do you write a cursive g?

Start just below the midline. Curve back and around, push up to the midline, then pull down below the baseline. Loop back to the left and come up to the baseline, ending with a flick.

How do you write a capital G in cursive?

In modern cursive: start just below the top line on the right. Curve back and around like a C, push up to the midline and add a short line in along the midline. Capitals don't join to the next letter, so write the G, then start the lowercase letters close by.

How does cursive g join to other letters?

The g loops below the baseline and swings back up to the baseline, then keeps going into the next letter without a lift, as in ga, ge and gi.