Printable Graph Paper

Third Grade Writing Paper

3/8 inch (9.5 mm) rows with a dashed midline, seventeen to a Letter sheet: nearly wide ruled, with the guides still in place.

8.5 × 11.0 in · 215.9 × 279.4 mm
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What Third Grade Writing Paper looks like

  1. The finished sheet

    Third Grade Writing Paper on US Letter, exactly as it prints.

    Third Grade Writing Paper on US Letter, printable example sheet

The bridge to ruled paper

Wide ruled notebook paper spaces its lines 11/32 inch apart, only a little less than these rows. Third grade paper keeps that scale but adds the midline and the skip space, so a child gets used to writing at notebook size before the guides disappear.

It also suits cursive once the joins are fluent. Many children move from 1/2 inch to 3/8 inch cursive rows during third grade, and from there to plain wide ruled paper.

Every sheet here is free, adjustable and prints at exact scale.

Questions

When should children switch to regular lined paper?

When letters keep a consistent height without the midline, usually during third or fourth grade. Wide ruled is the usual next sheet.

Why not just use wide ruled paper now?

Wide ruled gives only a baseline. The midline keeps lower-case letters a consistent height, which is the last thing to settle in a child's handwriting.

How many rows fit on a page?

Seventeen on Letter with the name and date line, eighteen without it.