Positional Words - Cut & Paste Worksheets
This four-page differentiated worksheet pack helps Foundation–Year 1 students practise using positional language through cut-and-paste activities. Each worksheet features a black-and-white scene and six objects or animals to cut out and place according to instructions.
Includes:
- With Instructions Version: Each page includes six written directives using terms like next to, in front of, under, on top of.
- Teacher-Led Oral Version: Same scenes without instructions, ideal for listening and oral direction practice.
Scene Themes:
1. Farm Scene – with barn, house, and animals
2. Playground Scene – with slide, swing, bench
3. Park/Lake Scene – with pond, birdbath, and nature
4. Backyard Garden Scene – with flowerbed, porch, tree
Perfect for visual learners, fine motor development, and whole-body directional vocabulary.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to sort, name, make and describe familiar shapes using obvious features.
- We are learning to make, compare and classify shapes and objects using obvious features.
- We are learning to sort, describe and name 2D shapes and 3D objects based on common features.
- We are learning to describe the features of two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects.
Curriculum alignment
AC9MFSP01
9
Sort, name and create familiar shapes; recognise and describe familiar shapes within objects in the environment, giving reasons
AC9M1SP01
9
Make, compare and classify familiar shapes; recognise familiar shapes and objects in the environment, identifying the similarities and differences between them
ACMMG022
8.4
Recognise and classify familiar two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects using obvious features
ACMMG009
8.4
Sort, describe and name familiar two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects in the environment
MAe-15MG
old
Manipulates, sorts and describes representations of two-dimensional shapes, including circles, triangles, squares and rectangles, using everyday language
MA1-3WM
old
Supports conclusions by explaining or demonstrating how answers were obtained
MA1-14MG
old
Sorts, describes, represents and recognises familiar three-dimensional objects, including cones, cubes, cylinders, spheres and prisms
MA1-1WM
old
Describes mathematical situations and methods using everyday and some mathematical language, actions, materials, diagrams and symbols
MA1-15MG
old
Manipulates, sorts, represents, describes and explores two- dimensional shapes, including quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and octagons
MAe-2WM
old
Uses objects, actions, technology and/or trial and error to explore mathematical problems
MAe-14MG
old
Manipulates, sorts and represents three- dimensional objects and describes them using everyday language
MAe-3WM
old
Uses concrete materials and/or pictorial representations to support conclusions
MAe-1WM
old
Describes mathematical situations using everyday language, actions, materials and informal recordings
MA1-2DS-01
new
Recognises, describes and represents shapes including quadrilaterals and other common polygons
MA1-3DS-01
new
Recognises, describes and represents familiar three-dimensional objects
MA1-2DS-02
new
Measures and compares areas using uniform informal units in rows and columns
MAE-2DS-02
new
Describes and compares areas of similar shapes
MAE-2DS-01
new
Sorts, describes, names and makes two-dimensional shapes, including triangles, circles, squares and rectangles
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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