Grade 2 handwriting paper
The half-inch ruling used in second grade — headline, dotted midline, baseline, and a quarter-inch descender skip.
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The standard second-grade ruling
Second grade paper is conventionally described as ½ × ¼ × ¼: half an inch from headline to baseline, a quarter inch to the midline, and a quarter inch of skip space below. That is the ruling set here. It is the point at which most children's writing has shrunk enough that the Kindergarten size feels babyish but plain lined paper is still too unstructured.
Transitioning off guide lines
The usual progression is to keep the dotted midline through second grade, then drop to plain ruled paper in third or fourth. If a child is ready early, you can print this at the Grade 3–4 ⅜ inch ruling, or move them to lined paper with a comparable rule spacing. There is no benefit to keeping guide lines longer than they are being used.
Cursive versus print
This ruling works for both. For cursive specifically, some teachers prefer a slant guide as well — the calligraphy sheet in this generator adds angled lines at whatever slant you set, which serves the same purpose for consistent letter lean.
Printing it accurately
This only measures correctly if your printer doesn't rescale the page. In the print dialog set Scale: 100% — not "Fit to page" or "Shrink oversized pages". If you're not sure it worked, print the calibration page, measure the ruler on it with a real ruler, and it will tell you exactly what your printer is doing to the page.