• 1st Grade
  • Writing
  • About 10 minutes

Try It On Your Own

Trace the first rows. Then use the green dots. Then write on your own!

How much on the page?

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How to do it

  1. Trace the first two rows.
  2. On the dot rows, start each number on its green dot.
  3. Write the last two rows all on your own.

Teaching tip

The dot rows are the bridge. If the dots row looks messy, go back to tracing for a day. This sheet is aligned with Common Core 1.NBT.A.1.

Try It On Your Own worksheet for 1st grade (writing numbers neatly), free printable
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About this worksheet

Two rows to trace, two rows with only the green starting dots, and two empty rows. Help fades away as you go.

What kids practice

Kindergarten is where kids learn how to make each number. First grade is where those numbers get neat, fast and facing the right way, because now they're writing numbers all day in math. These sheets use the same handwriting lines as the letter sheets. Every number is tall, so it touches the top line and sits on the bottom line.

Watch for

  • Writing 2, 3, 5, 7 and 9 backwards. This is very common until about age 7.
  • Writing teen numbers in the order they sound, like 71 for seventeen.
  • Making numbers too small or floating above the bottom line.
  • Writing numbers past 100 the way they sound, like 1010 for 110.

It's free to print, with Fewer, Standard or More on the page and an answer key. See the full writing numbers neatly guide for 1st grade.

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