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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Historical Recount Structure Sorting Task – The Moon Landing
Teach your students about historical recount structure with this cut-and-paste sequencing worksheet.
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Electricity: From Plant to Place - Worksheet
Explore how electricity is generated and distributed with our 'Electricity: From Plant to Place Worksheet.
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Likes and Dislikes Worksheets
Support students to express preferences, share opinions and give simple reasons all through engaging cut‑and‑paste activities.
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Reading 3-5 Phonemes Cut and Paste Pack
Support your early readers as they practise decoding and phoneme recognition with this hands-on cut and paste worksheet set.
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Main Idea Cut and Paste Worksheet Set
Use these Main Idea cut and paste worksheets with your year 2 students to learn about the main idea and details in a paragraph.
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Natural vs Artificial Light Worksheet - Cut and Paste
Sort examples of natural and artificial light sources with a printable Natural vs Artificial Light Worksheet.
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Thermal Conductor or Insulator? Worksheet
With this hands-on Thermal Conductor or Insulator Worksheet, students will cut and sort conductors and insulators.
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Water Cycle Cut and Sort Activity
Show a deep understanding of the water cycle with this cut and paste activity.
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Sorting Animals Worksheet Pack - External Features
Observe and classify animals based on their external features with a Sorting Animals Worksheet Pack.
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Metamorphic vs. Non-Metamorphic Life Cycles Worksheet - Cut and Paste
Identify animals with metamorphic life cycles using a cut and paste Metamorphic vs. Non-Metamorphic Life Cycles Worksheet.
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Movement of Animals Worksheets - Cut and Paste
Cut and sort to show how different animals move with our Movement of Animals Worksheets.
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Ordering Steps in a Scientific Process Worksheet Pack
Help your Year 3 students strengthen their understanding of the science investigation process with an Ordering Steps in a Scientific Process Worksheet Pack.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Matching Activity Pack
Use these uppercase and lowercase matching cut and paste activities to help students identify and name both forms of each letter.
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Classroom Rules Worksheet Pack
Teach classroom rules and procedures and review early writing skills with a Classroom Rules Worksheet Pack for early years.
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Open and Closed Questions Sorting Worksheet Set
Help your students build critical thinking and communication skills with this engaging Open and Closed Questions resource.
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Sorting Text Features Cut and Paste
Build confidence and comprehension with this ready-to-use Text Features Cut and Paste Worksheet!
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Noun Sort Worksheet Pack
Use a noun sort worksheet to help your students practise identifying people, places, and things.
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Changing Properties of Matter Worksheet Pack
Read and learn about chemical and physical properties of matter and how they can be changed with a printable science worksheet pack.
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Finger Counting Cut and Paste
Count to ten using this finger counting cut and paste worksheet.
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Ordering Unit Fractions Cut and Paste
Practise ordering visual representations of unit fractions and their fraction with this set of worksheets.
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Adaptive Animals of the Arctic - Adaptations Worksheets
Explore the adaptations of polar animals and discover how they help them survive with a set of cut-and-paste labelling activity sheets.
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The 5 Senses Worksheets - Cut and Paste
Introduce your students to the five senses with a pack of printable 5 Senses Cut and Paste Worksheets.
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What Can You Do? Year 3 Estimating Time Printables
Help your students understand time increments with a pair of cut-and-paste maths worksheets for year 3.
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Statement, Question, Command, Exclamation Cut and Paste Worksheet
Identify statement, command, question, and exclamation sentences with a Types of Sentences Cut and Paste worksheet for Year 2.
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Grouping & Sorting Animals Worksheet Pack (F-1)
Identify and sort animals according to their characteristics with a printable of cut-and-paste Grouping & Sorting Animals Worksheet Pack (F-1).
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Non-Fiction Visual Features Cut and Paste Worksheet
Use this visual text features worksheet when exploring text features such as photographs, maps, charts and diagrams with your students.
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How Soil Is Used by Living Things? Cut and Paste Worksheet
Explore the uses of soil with your students using this simple cut-and-paste worksheet for early years students.
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What Needs Soil to Grow? Colouring Worksheet
Teach students what needs soil to grow with this colouring worksheet for early years students.
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Feed the Pumpkins - Year 1 Subtraction Worksheet
Feed the pumpkins and practise subtraction to twenty with a Halloween subtraction worksheet.
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Story Elements Cut and Paste Worksheets – The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Explore story characters, settings and main events with this set of cut-and-paste worksheets based on a well-known fable.
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Forest Food Chain – Cut and Paste Worksheet
Create a forest food chain to show how energy flows between organisms with this cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Wetlands Food Chain - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Create a wetlands food chain to show how energy flows between organisms with this cut-and-paste worksheet.