D.K.
I think you need to talk to his teacher. I am sure they have helpful tips for helping left handed children learn how to form letters accordingly. Tracing letters has helped my youngest a great deal. I know there is a specific way of handwriting at least in our school district. Not how I would write so I would get that information from his teacher. They can offer tools and resources and should for you.
Also, don't critique his hand writing but labeling it "neat", just mention that sometimes you aren't sure what he wrote and could he re write it.
Kids are super sensitive at this age and feeling pressure as it is, being left handed puts him at a disadvantage unless he is getting help in class with forming letters correctly as they want to see it. He will have to learn a different way but that doesn't mean his way is wrong. All of this should be occuring in class with learning to write well, complete sentences neatly and so on. At least that is what my daughter is learning. Proper spelling, capitolization, punctuation and so on.
I have a second grader so I understand.
Just call his teacher and make a time to see her.
A lot of "men" never learn to write neatly, it is what the teacher thinks is reasonable you should gauge his progress to.