S Letter Tracing

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NameDateSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss sMade at homeroomtools.com
NameDatesunsunsunsunsunsunsunsunsunsocksocksocksocksocksockMade at homeroomtools.com
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Rows of the letter 3

  • S Capital S. The starting dot sits at the upper right, a little under the top line. 6 fit across a row at Large, so 3 rows give 18 to trace.
  • s s Lowercase s in pairs. At Large 4 pairs fit across a row, so 3 rows give 24 to trace. The starting dot sits at the right, just under the dashed line.
  • Ss Capital and lowercase side by side, 4 pairs to a row. The small s is the capital again, stopping at the dashed line.
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Words that start with s and a vowel, as in sun 18

  • sad Short a. 3 letters. Tall: d.
  • sail The ai says long a. 4 letters. Tall: l.
  • salad Two a letters: the first is short a and the second a quick uh. 5 letters. Tall: l, d.
  • salt Before l the a says aw. 4 letters. Tall: l, t.
  • sand Short a. Both sounds at the end are heard: n, then d. 4 letters. Tall: d.
  • saw The aw says aw. One word, two meanings: a tool, and the past of see. 3 letters, all the same height.
  • seal A sea mammal with fins for feet. The ea says long e. 4 letters. Tall: l.
  • seed Double e says long e. 4 letters. Tall: d.
  • seesaw Two words in one: see and saw. Each half starts with s. 6 letters, all the same height.
  • sink Short i. It ends in nk, as in pink. 4 letters. Tall: k.
  • sit Short i. 3 letters. Tall: t.
  • six Short i. The x says ks, so the word starts and ends with the s sound. 3 letters, all the same height.
  • soap The o and the a work as a team and say long o. 4 letters. Tails: p.
  • sock Short o. The ck says k. 4 letters. Tall: k.
  • sofa The o says its name and the a is a quick uh. 4 letters. Tall: f.
  • soup The ou says oo. 4 letters. Tails: p.
  • sun Short u. The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. 3 letters, all the same height.
  • sunflower Two words in one: sun and flower. 9 letters. Tall: f, l.

Words that start with st, sp or sk, as in star 12

  • skate The silent e at the end makes the a say its name. 5 letters. Tall: k, t.
  • skunk Short u. A skunk can squirt a liquid that has a strong smell. 5 letters. Tall: k, k.
  • sky No a, e, i, o or u: the y does the vowel job and says long i. 3 letters. Tall: k. Tails: y.
  • spider It has eight legs and makes silk. The i says its name. 6 letters. Tall: d. Tails: p.
  • spin Short i. 4 letters. Tails: p.
  • spoon Double o, the long sound, as in moon. 5 letters. Tails: p.
  • stamp Short a. Two consonants at each end: st and mp. 5 letters. Tall: t. Tails: p.
  • star The ar says ar, as in car. Say both sounds at the start: s, then t. 4 letters. Tall: t.
  • step Short e. 4 letters. Tall: t. Tails: p.
  • stick Short i. The ck says k. 5 letters. Tall: t, k.
  • stone The silent e at the end makes the o say its name. 5 letters. Tall: t.
  • stop Short o. The word on the red road sign. 4 letters. Tall: t. Tails: p.

Words that start with sl, sm, sn or sw, as in snake 12

  • sled Short e. 4 letters. Tall: l, d.
  • sleep Double e says long e. 5 letters. Tall: l. Tails: p.
  • slide The silent e at the end makes the i say its name. 5 letters. Tall: l, d.
  • smell Short e, and double l at the end. 5 letters. Tall: l, l.
  • smile The silent e at the end makes the i say its name. 5 letters. Tall: l.
  • snail It can pull its whole body back into its coiled shell. The ai says long a. 5 letters. Tall: l.
  • snake A reptile with no limbs. The silent e makes the a say its name. 5 letters. Tall: k.
  • snow The ow says long o. 4 letters, all the same height.
  • swan After w the a says ah, as in want. Swans are the largest waterfowl. 4 letters, all the same height.
  • sweet Double e says long e. 5 letters. Tall: t.
  • swim Short i. Say both sounds at the start: s, then w. 4 letters, all the same height.
  • swing Short i. The ng is one sound. 5 letters. Tails: g.

Words where the s says sh, as in ship 8

  • shark A fish whose skeleton is cartilage, not bone. The ar says ar. 5 letters. Tall: h, k.
  • sheep One sheep, two sheep: the word does not change. Double e says long e. 5 letters. Tall: h. Tails: p.
  • shell Short e, and double l at the end. 5 letters. Tall: h, l, l.
  • ship The s and the h give up their own sounds and make a new one. Short i. 4 letters. Tall: h. Tails: p.
  • shirt The ir says er. 5 letters. Tall: h, t.
  • shoe The oe says oo. 4 letters. Tall: h.
  • shop Short o. 4 letters. Tall: h. Tails: p.
  • sugar There is no h, yet the s says sh. Sure does the same. 5 letters. Tails: g.

s in the middle or at the end, still saying s 8

  • cats More than one cat. After t, the s that means more than one says s. 4 letters. Tall: t.
  • dress Short e and double s. It starts with the dr blend. 5 letters. Tall: d.
  • gas Short a, with one s at the end. 3 letters. Tails: g.
  • grass Short a and double s. It starts with the gr blend. 5 letters. Tails: g.
  • horse The or says or. The s says s and the e after it is silent. 5 letters. Tall: h.
  • kiss Short i. Double s at the end, said once. 4 letters. Tall: k.
  • mouse The ou says ow. The s says s and the e after it is silent. 5 letters, all the same height.
  • yes Short e, with one s at the end. 3 letters. Tails: y.

Words where the s says z, as in nose 8

  • busy The u says short i and the s says z. 4 letters. Tall: b. Tails: y.
  • dogs More than one dog. After g, the s that means more than one says z. 4 letters. Tall: d. Tails: g.
  • easy The ea says long e, the s says z and the y says long e. 4 letters. Tails: y.
  • has Short a. The s says z. 3 letters. Tall: h.
  • his Short i. The s says z. 3 letters. Tall: h.
  • is The s says z. 2 letters, both the same height.
  • nose The s says z, and the silent e makes the o say its name. 4 letters, all the same height.
  • rose A flower. It rhymes with nose, and the s says z in both. 4 letters, all the same height.

Names, days and places with a capital S 16

  • Sally A first name with double l. The y says long e. Capital S and 4 lowercase letters. Tall: l, l. Tails: y.
  • Sam A first name with short a. Capital S and 2 lowercase letters, both the same height.
  • Sara A first name, also spelled with an h at the end. Capital S and 3 lowercase letters, all the same height.
  • Saturday The Romans named this day for Saturn. Capital S and 7 lowercase letters. Tall: t, d. Tails: y.
  • Saturn Sixth planet out from the Sun, and the second largest, after Jupiter. Capital S and 5 lowercase letters. Tall: t.
  • Sean An Irish first name where the S says sh. Capital S and 3 lowercase letters, all the same height.
  • Seoul The capital of South Korea. In English it sounds the same as soul. Capital S and 4 lowercase letters. Tall: l.
  • September The ninth month. It has 30 days. Capital S and 8 lowercase letters. Tall: t, b. Tails: p.
  • Seth A first name. Short e, and the th is one sound. Capital S and 3 lowercase letters. Tall: t, h.
  • Simon A first name. The i says its name. Capital S and 4 lowercase letters, all the same height.
  • Sofia A first name. The o says its name. Capital S and 4 lowercase letters. Tall: f.
  • Spain Southern Europe's largest country. It starts with the sp blend. Capital S and 4 lowercase letters. Tails: p.
  • Stella A first name that starts with the st blend. Double l. Capital S and 5 lowercase letters. Tall: t, l, l.
  • Sunday Its name means the day of the sun. Capital S and 5 lowercase letters. Tall: d. Tails: y.
  • Sweden The largest of the Nordic countries. Its capital is Stockholm. Capital S and 5 lowercase letters. Tall: d.
  • Sydney The largest city in Australia. Capital S and 5 lowercase letters. Tall: d. Tails: y, y.

How this list was compiled: The words, names and notes were chosen and written for this page; no list was copied. Sounds follow General American and were checked in each word's entry on en.wiktionary.org, facts about places, animals and the letter on en.wikipedia.org (checked 2026-09-18). Licence: own work

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Letter rows and word rows 9

  • a c d g s Five small letters. In this letter style every one has its starting dot just under the dashed line, toward the right of the letter.
  • cats caps dogs bugs The s that means more than one: it says s after t and p, and z after g.
  • gas yes kiss bus The s at the end of four short words, and in every one it says s.
  • is his has as Four tiny words where the s says z.
  • S s S s S s S s Capital and lowercase in turn. Same curves, two sizes.
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Letter rows and word rows, continued

  • sat set sit sob sun Five words that start with s, one for each short vowel: a, e, i, o, u.
  • ship shop shed shut Four words that start with sh. Two letters, one sound.
  • snap slip swim skip Four blends in four words: sn, sl, sw and sk.
  • stop step spot spin Two st words and two sp words. Say both sounds each time.

Sentences full of s words 4

  • Sam sat in the sun. Five short words, 3 of them starting with s.
  • Seth sips soup from a spoon. Four s words in six. Sips has an s at each end.
  • Six seals swim in the sea. The letter s appears 5 times. Seals has one at each end, and the last one says z.
  • Sofia saw a sad seal. Four words start with s, counting the capital.

Sentences with s blends and sh 5

  • A spider spins a sticky web. True: the web is made of silk. Two sp words and one st word.
  • She has six shiny shells. Three sh words. The s in has says z, and so does the last s in shells.
  • The sheep sleep in the shed. Two sh words with an sl word between them. Sheep and sleep rhyme.
  • The snail slid past a stone. Three blends: sn, sl and st, and st turns up twice, in past and in stone.
  • Stella skates in the snow. Three blends in a row: st, sk and sn.

Sentences where the s says z 2

  • Her dogs are easy to please. Three s letters, in dogs, easy and please, and all three say z.
  • His nose is as red as a rose. The letter s appears 6 times, and every one says z.

True sentences with a capital S 5

  • Saturn is the sixth planet. True, counting out from the Sun. Sixth starts and nearly ends with the s sound.
  • Seoul is the capital of South Korea. True. Two capital S letters and one capital K.
  • September has 30 days. True. The s in has and the s in days both say z.
  • Sweden is a Nordic country. True: it is the largest of them. One capital S, and the s in is says z.
  • Sydney is the largest city in Australia. True. Sydney has two y letters, and each one has a tail.

True sentences about s animals 3

  • A snake has no legs. True: snakes are reptiles with no limbs.
  • The Sun is a star. True: it is the star at the center of the Solar System.
  • Swans are the largest waterfowl. True. The letter s appears 3 times.

Count the letter s 2

  • Seesaw has the letter s twice. Count them in Seesaw: one capital and one lowercase. The whole line has 4.
  • Six sisters sip sweet sodas. The letter s appears 8 times in this line, counting the capital. Circle them before tracing.

How this list was compiled: Every practice line was written for this page; none was copied from a workbook or another site. Sounds follow General American and were checked in each word's entry on en.wiktionary.org, facts on en.wikipedia.org (checked 2026-09-18). Licence: own work

How it works

S letter tracing starts here: 3 dotted rows of capital S, 3 of lowercase s, then sun and sock, each with an empty row. The 66 S words below are sorted by sound.

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Page 1 is S and s, page 2 is sun and sock

At Large (19 mm), 3 rows hold 18 capital S's and 24 lowercase s's, in 4 pairs a row. Page 2 holds sun 9 times and sock 6. Lowercase s is the capital again at about 12 mm. Capital S is about 18. Typed words replace all four sample rows. To keep the letter rows, type S on line 1 of the Words box and s s on line 2.

Pick S words by the sound the s makes

More English words begin with s than with any other letter. Sun, sit and soap start with s and a vowel, where the hiss is clearest. Star, snake and swim add a second consonant. Sh words have a group, and so do is, his and nose, where s says z.

  • S is curvy. For a first try pick Extra large (26 mm) under Letter height, then set Rows to trace to 2 in More options.

Questions and answers

Why does the s in nose and dogs say z?

S has a second job. Inside or at the end of a word it often says z: nose, rose, easy, is, has. The s that means more than one follows the sound before it: s after t in cats, z after g in dogs.

What helps with a backwards s?

Start from the dot. On capital S and on lowercase s it sits at the right, near the top, so a row that begins anywhere else shows at a glance. After the 3 dotted rows, watch where the pencil lands first on the empty row.

Do sh words belong on an S letter tracing sheet?

For the pencil, yes: ship and shoe begin with the same s. For the ear, keep them apart, since s and h together make a new sound. Sugar has the sh sound and no h. More letters are on the letter tracing list.

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