What Is Groundhog Day? Here's What to Know About Groundhog Day 2023

Six more weeks of winter or an early spring? The furry groundhog is the star of the show for one special day each year: Groundhog Day!

Groundhog Day has been celebrated annually on February 2nd since 1887. It’s almost time to celebrate in 2023 — learn about this weather-predicting legend with your 2nd-grade class before the big day.

By supplementing your instructional units in ELA and/or social studies with topically-aligned ReadWorks passages, you can provide your students even more reading practice while increasing their​ background knowledge across subjects in support of reading comprehension. Passages also come with text-dependent question sets so your students can practice rereading and analyzing texts.​

​​Sharpen your students’ reading comprehension skills by adding our Groundhog Day reading passage to your lesson plan. ​

Stay tuned this year: ReadWorks has thousands of free articles perfect for every holiday, complete with ELL resources, vocabulary activities, and question sets for all grade levels. Happy reading!

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Written by:
Samuel Siegel, Marketing & Development Specialist