Name: Clothes Cut & Glue – Vocabulary Matching Activity
SKU: 6168a468d552df5fdcb55e48
Price: 39.99 USD
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What's inside this resource

Sixteen clothing vocabulary words — skirt, jacket, T-shirt, dress, jumper, raincoat, jeans, swimsuit, hat, glasses, cardigan, socks, belt, shoes, boots, wooly hat, gloves, joggers, necklace, scarf, watch, hoodie, and shirt — are printed as cut-out word labels that students trim and glue beneath matching illustrations. The 11-page file provides the activity in both a full-color version and a self-coloring black-and-white version across three worksheet pages each, so a teacher can choose based on printing capacity, plus a two-page answer key showing the correct word-to-picture matches. The creator suggests the completed sheets can be trimmed and bound into a small vocabulary booklet for students to keep.

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From the author

Cut & Glue: Clothes is an engaging reading activity for early elementary students learning about clothing and related vocabulary words. This printable PDF resource features images of common clothing items that students must cut out and paste onto the matching vocabulary word. As a supplemental resource, this cut and glue activity is versatile for whole group, small group, partner, or independent practice. Students will reinforce their reading skills and clothing vocabulary as they carefully match each picture square to the coordinating word card. With open-ended extension activities like sorting the cards into categories or inventing silly outfits, this resource stretches young readers' understanding of clothing concepts. As an offline component in a blended learning lesson or as a take-home assignment, Cut & Glue: Clothes gives students hands-on reading comprehension practice.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Match written English clothing vocabulary words to corresponding pictures.
Practice fine motor skills by cutting out and precisely gluing small word labels.
Build receptive and expressive vocabulary for common clothing items in English as a second language.

Teaching tips

Choose the black-and-white version when printing budget is limited, and let students self-color the illustrations after gluing.
Collect completed pages into a small booklet, as the creator suggests, for a take-home vocabulary reference.
Use the answer key to let students self-check before gluing is final, since cut-and-glue activities are hard to correct after gluing.

Skills covered

Clothing vocabulary matching — students match 16 English clothing words to matching illustrations.
Fine motor cutting and gluing — students cut out individual word labels and place them precisely under the correct picture.
ESL word recognition — students read and identify printed English words for concrete classroom objects.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Why does the file include both a color and a black-and-white version of the same activity?

The color version is ready to use as-is, while the black-and-white version lets students color the illustrations themselves, so a teacher can pick whichever suits their printing budget and available class time.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

vocabulary
ESL
fine motor skills

Topics

cut glue clothes matching words

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