Learning the Letter A/a

Free Printable Worksheets for Tracing & Writing Skills

Printable worksheets to help students develop proper writing skills.
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Tracing & Writing Shapes
Write Lower Case Letters
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Learning the upper case letter A and lower case letter a can be fun.

1. Introduce the Letters
   What the letters look like?
   The lowercase a looks like a small circle with a stick on the side.
   The uppercase A looks like a tent with a line in the middle.
   

   • Write the letter A/a

2. Tracing and Writing
   Use the following worksheets for tracing uppercase A and lowercase a.
   The letters are dotted for easy tracing.
   Free worksheets to help students practice writing the letter a/A and the Alphabet.
   
   
   
   
   Letter a Worksheet (lower case)
   Letter A Worksheet (upper case)
   Write Lower Case Letters
   Write Upper Case Letters
   

3. Phonics and Sounds
   The letter A has two sounds.
   A makes the sound /ă/ as in apple and sometimes the long sound /ā/ as in acorn.
   Examples:
   Short ă: apple, ant, alligator
   Learn about the short a
   Long ā: acorn, airplane, apron
   Learn about the long a
   Compare the short a & long a
   

4. Music and Movement Sing a Song:
   Example: “A is for apple, /ă/, /ă/, apple…”
   Letter A Movement:
   Move like an airplane to reinforce the long A sound.
   

   • Letter A Alphabet Song for Kids

5. Listen and Read
   Storytime:
   Listen and read books featuring the letter A.
   

   • Letter A: Fat Ant Al
   
   
   • The Letter A Book
   
   Picture Cards:
   Show cards with images of items starting with the A sound and have kids say the name.
   
   • What Words have the A sound?
   
   

6. Reinforce Daily
   Use the letter A throughout the day:
   Ask, “Who wants an apple?”
   Point out the letter A in books, signs, and everyday objects.

7. Learn the other letters of the alphabet.

Learning the Alphabet
A/a	B/b	C/c	D/d
E/e	F/f	G/g	H/h
I/i	J/j	K/k	L/l
M/m	N/n	O/o	P/p
Q/q	R/r	S/s	T/t
U/u	V/v	W/w	X/x
Y/y	Z/z	a-z	A-Z

8. Learn the sounds of the Letters

Learning Short Vowels

Short Vowels
Short A	Short E	Short I
Short O	Short U	Short Vowels

Learning Long Vowels

Long Vowels
Long A	Long E	Long I
Long O	Long U	Y (vowel)
Long Vowels	Short, Long Vowels

Compare Short & Long Vowels

Short & Long Vowels
Short & Long A	Short & Long E	Short & Long I
Short & Long O	Short & Long U

Learning Consonants

Consonants
Letter B	Hard C	Soft C
Letter D	Letter F	Hard G
Soft G	Letter H	Letter J
Letter K	Letter L	Letter M
Letter N	Letter P	Letter Q
Letter R	Letter S	Letter T
Letter V	Letter W	Letter X
Letter Y	Letter Z

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