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Activity
Curated OER

Fun With Scissors

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students practice cutting with scissors. In this fine motor skills lesson, students cut out various shapes from colored paper. Students place their cut-outs into a bag to bring home.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cutting Practice - Curved Lines

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this cutting lines worksheet, students practice the skill of cutting 5 curved lines on 2 sheets of paper. Students practice holding and cutting with a pair of scissors.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cutting Straight Lines

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood scissor skills worksheet, students practice cutting straight lines with their scissors by cutting each of the 4 dashed lines across the page.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Scissor Activities

For Students Pre-K - K
In this fine motor skills worksheet, students complete three cutting with scissors activities. For example, students cut out stripes for a bumble bee and cut the end of a kittens scarf.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Practice Cutting Lines

For Students Pre-K - K
For this early childhood scissor skills worksheet, students practice cutting straight lines with their scissors by cutting along the vertical and horizontal dashed lines in this printable worksheet.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Practice Cutting Lines

For Students Pre-K - K
In this early childhood scissor skills activity, students practice cutting straight lines with their scissors by cutting along the zig zag dashed lines in this printable activity.
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Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Parallel lines seem so right for each other. It's too bad they'll never, ever meet. Learners use tracing paper to discover relationships among angles formed by two parallel lines cut by a transversal. They apply this information to find...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cutting Zig Zag Lines

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this practice cutting lines worksheet, students use their fine motor skills as the cut each of 3 dotted zig zag lines with scissors.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cutting Straight Lines

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this practice cutting lines worksheet, students use their fine motor skills as the cut each of 4 dotted straight lines with scissors.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cutting Curved Lines

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this practice cutting lines activity, students use their fine motor skills as the cut each of 3 dotted curved lines with scissors.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Beach Towel Cutting Activity

For Students K - 1st
In this art worksheet, students follow the directions to make person lying on a beach towel. They use their fine motor skills to cut a fringe on paper to look like a beach towel. They color and cut out a picture of themselves in their...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Practice Cutting Lines 3

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this practice cutting lines worksheet, students use their fine motor skills as the cut each of 3 dotted curved lines with scissors.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Practice Cutting Lines 2

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this practice cutting lines learning exercise, students use their fine motor skills as the perpendicular lines with scissors.
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Lesson Plan
Lakeshore Learning

What's Next? Sequencing Story

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
First, next, then, and, finally are the words in focus of a sequencing lesson plan. Scholars listen to a read aloud of the tale "Lost in the Fog," and take part in a grand conversation about the story's sequence of events. They then show...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Practice Cutting Lines

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this practice cutting lines worksheet, students use their fine motor skills as the cut each of 3 dotted zig zag lines with scissors.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cut Paper Circus

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learning to cut with scissors is a key skill for youngsters to master. They hone their fine motor skills as they cut a variety of shapes to create a paper circus composition. They'll cut and arrange their shapes to create a circus...
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Printables
Teaching Mama

P is for Penguins

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Practice printing, matching, tracing, cutting, coloring, and more with a packet full of penguins! Allow these perky winter animals to help your kids out as they work on these skills.
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Printables
A to Z Teacher Stuff

Presidents' Day Mobile

For Teachers K - 3rd
Accompany your Presidents' Day discussion with this hands-on activity. Scholars construct a mobile displaying figures of, and related to, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Kirigami: The Ancient Art of Paper Cutting

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars perform inquiry into the ancient art of Kirigami. The research provides a context for the lesson and how it is related to History. Students also appreciate the art for the sake of its contribution to culture.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Home Living/ Daily Living: Food Groups

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
What are the best foods to eat, and how much is too much? Kids discuss the importance of eating the right amount of each of the four food groups. They discuss the food pyramid and make meals by cutting and pasting foods from a magazine...
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Lesson Plan
Missoula Art Museum

Dance with Your Fingers, Draw with Your Toes

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pair dancing, music, and art into one elementary lesson. Using the work of Henri Matisse and Rudy Autio as inspiration, kids spend a few days listening to music that fits the moods of various pieces of art, then work on their own...
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Center for Math and Science Education

Stackable Moon Phases

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Observe the phases of the moon with this stackable moon phases model. Here, super scientists create the phases of the moon by cutting, coloring, and attaching pieces in the order in which the moon changes. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Number Cards 1 to 100

For Students K - 1st
This resource consists entirely of number cards (quarter-page) from 1 to 100. Copy them and have primary graders cut out to use for a variety of counting uses and games. All that cutting with scissors will develop fine motor skills. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making Santas

For Teachers K
Students construct Santas. In this holiday lesson, students demonstrate how to cut with scissors and glue with glue sticks to create their own Santas from paper and felt. Students work on developing their fine motor skills.