Cut + Glue: Fruits

About this resource

What's inside this resource

Cut + Glue: Fruits is an engaging literacy activity that helps students practice matching words and images. Ideal for young readers, this resource features common fruits like apples, bananas, strawberries and more. Students will cut out full-color fruit images, then paste each fruit next to its written name. This hands-on matching game builds confidence with early reading skills. It's perfect for introducing new vocabulary, reinforcing sight words, or reviewing phonics skills. Use Cut + Glue: Fruits with small groups or individuals for independent work. Have students race against the clock, then proudly display their work. Modify for various ability levels by providing word banks, removing some words, or using vegetable vocabulary instead. This versatile resource is easily customized to suit learners' needs.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Read sixteen printed fruit words and match each to the picture it names
Cut a word label out accurately and glue it into the correct field
Name both everyday fruits and less common ones - kiwi, lime, tangerines, blueberries - in English

Teaching tips

The teacher note frames the two versions as a choice about time and printing: the colour sheets are quicker, the outline sheets stretch the task into a colouring session as well
Cut each finished sheet to the middle and stick it into a DIN A5 booklet, as the notes suggest, so the sheets accumulate into a word book rather than going home loose
Keep the two sets in order - the second sheet's words are longer and less familiar than the first's, and raspberries and blueberries look alike on the page as well as in print
The key page shows all sixteen fruits labelled, which makes it usable as a table reference for children who need support, not only for marking
Words and pictures share a page, so each child needs their own copy and a pair of scissors before the reading starts

Skills covered

Reading single words - children read sixteen printed fruit words and decide which picture each one names before any gluing happens.
Cutting and gluing - the labels are cut from the sheet and fixed into the field belonging to their fruit, which puts fine-motor work and reading in the same task.
Fruit vocabulary in English - the two sets move from everyday words like apple and banana to less common ones such as kiwi, lime, tangerines and raspberries.
Colouring to a subject - the outline version asks children to colour each fruit, which ties the word to the object's real appearance.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

How do the two versions of each sheet differ?

One prints the fruit pictures in colour and the other leaves them as outlines for children to colour in. The words and the task are identical, so the choice is about printing and about how long you want the activity to run - the teacher page says as much.

Which fruits are covered?

Sixteen in all. The first sheet takes apple, blackberry, cherries, orange, strawberry, banana, lemon and pineapple; the second takes tangerines, lime, kiwi, blueberries, raspberries, grapes, pear and melon.

What does the booklet suggestion in the notes involve?

Cutting each finished sheet off to the middle and sticking it into a DIN A5 booklet, so the sheets build up into a running word book instead of being filed loose.