Cut and Paste Worksheets for Teachers
Add cut and paste worksheets and activities to your teacher toolkit with printables created by teachers for your primary classroom!
This collection of Australian curriculum-aligned teaching resources was designed to build students' scissor skills and spatial awareness while also teaching foundational concepts in maths, science, English and more! Each printable in this collection of cut-and-paste activities has been carefully reviewed and selected by an expert on the Teach Starter teaching team, so you know it's ready for your classroom, your lesson plans and your students!
Not familiar with these teacher tools, or just looking for some fresh ideas to use cutting and pasting actitivites in the classroom? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
What Is a Cut and Paste Activity?
A cut and paste — sometimes called a cut and sort — is a printable hands-on learning tool that contains various pictures and/or text. Students then use scissors to cut out items and paste them onto another sheet of paper, following instructions or a designated layout.
The goal of these cutting and pasting activities is to engage our students with a physical, kinesthetic experience that enhances their understanding and retention of the concepts covered in the worksheet. By manipulating and arranging objects, students have a chance to explore and internalise information in a concrete manner.
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Internal and External Character Traits - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Explore the internal and external traits of story characters with this differentiated cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Butterfly Life Cycle Worksheet Pack
Identify the stages in a butterfly's life with a fun printable from our Butterfly Life Cycle Worksheet Pack.
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How We Use Plants and Animals Worksheet
Explore the ways we use plants and animals as food and fibre with a printable ‘How We Use Plants and Animals’ Worksheet.
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Life Cycle of a Penguin & Sea Turtle Worksheets
Learn about the life cycle of the Adelie penguin and sea turtle with a set of printable life cycle worksheets for year 3.
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Using Prepositions Worksheet Pack
Download this prepositions worksheet set, featuring five interactive cut-and-paste activities designed to reinforce understanding of positional language.
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Caterpillar Worksheets on Ordering Numbers
Share these caterpillar worksheets on ordering numbers with your students to help them master sequencing numbers.
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Sink or Float? Worksheet (Cut and Paste)
Identify objects that sink and float with a printable Sink or Float Worksheet PDF.
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Building Fractions – Cut and Paste Worksheet
Get your students to build a fraction out of ice cream scoops with this cut-and-paste worksheet perfect for your next fractions lesson.
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Compound Words Vocabulary Foldable
Create a fun Compound Word foldable with a printable template for your students’ interactive notebooks.
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Orbital Period of Planets Poster and Worksheet
Learn about the time it takes each planet to orbit the sun with this poster and cut-and-paste worksheet for your students.
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Sound Energy Sources Worksheet - Cut and Paste
Teach your students all about sound energy sources using this cut-and-paste Sound Energy Sources worksheet.
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Informational Text Features Cut and Paste Worksheets
Use this text features matching worksheet when exploring the features of non-fiction texts with your students.
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Diphthong Cut-and-Paste Worksheet
Help students practise their knowledge of different diphthongs with this set of cut-and-paste worksheets.
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Multiply on the Number Line – Cut & Paste Worksheet Pack
Reinforce how to multiply on the number with this cut-and-paste worksheet pack.
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2-Digit Numbers in Expanded Form Worksheet
Explore two-digit numbers in standard form and expanded form with this set of two cut-and-paste style worksheets.
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Managing Big Emotions – Cut and Paste Worksheets
Empower students to identify and manage big emotions with this set of cut-and-paste worksheets for early years students.
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Ordering Numbers Worksheets - Halloween Cut and Paste
Share these ordering numbers worksheets with your students for some spook-tacular Halloween fun!
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Triple and Double Digit Multiplication - Halloween Maths Worksheets
Use various strategies to solve 2-digit multiplication problems with a set of Halloween Multiplication Worksheets.
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Creating Line Plots Differentiated Cut and Paste Worksheet
Guide students to create line plots with this differentiated cut and paste worksheet.
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Story Elements Cut and Paste Worksheets – Jack and the Beanstalk
Explore story characters, settings and main events with this set of cut-and-paste worksheets based on a well-known fairy tale.
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Text Connections Clouds Craftivity
Enjoy this fun literature craftivity with your students, which prompts them to answer comprehension questions for making personal connections to text.
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Desert Food Chain - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Create a desert food chain to show how energy flows between organisms with this cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Ocean Food Chain - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Create an ocean food chain to show how energy flows between organisms with this cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Arctic Food Chain - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Create an Arctic food chain to show how energy flows between organisms with this cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Types of Weathering – Cut and Paste Worksheet
Use this cut-and-paste worksheet when classifying examples that show mechanical, chemical or biological weathering.
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The Water Cycle - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Sequence the steps in the water cycle with a cut-and-sort worksheet.
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Rounding Numbers Cut and Paste - Worksheets
Provide your students with engaging practise to help them understand rounding with a set of differentiated rounding worksheets.
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Comparing Fractions – Differentiated Cut and Paste Worksheets
Compare fractions with like numerators and denominators with this cut and paste worksheet.
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2D Shapes in the Environment Cut and Sort Worksheet
Students will categorise and sort 2D shapes using this ability-levelled worksheet set.
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The Number Line Zoo - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Develop number sense by returning the zoo animals to their correct positions on the number line with a cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Inner vs. Outer Planets – Cut and Paste Worksheet
Sort inner and outer solar system planets with this cut-and-paste science worksheet.
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Introduction to Hardware and Software Sorting Activity
Guide students in understanding the difference between hardware and software with this cut and sort activity.