Spider Escape

Worksheet Description

Students help an explorer escape a twisting trail by following only the incorrectly spelled words ending in -er. The maze begins near the top and ends beside the spider web, with correctly spelled words acting as dead ends. Students compare many worker and object words, such as forms related to teaching, writing, farming, cleaning, and building. The path format turns spelling review into a careful search where every choice matters.

This worksheet helps students notice common mistakes when adding -er to a base word. They practice spotting missing letters, extra letters, wrong vowels, and incorrect consonant doubling. Because the maze depends on finding the misspellings, students must look closely at each complete word instead of relying only on sound. This builds proofreading, spelling memory, attention to detail, and confidence working with person and job words.

This worksheet is part of our words ending in er worksheet series.