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As a teacher, how can you teach your students to be Self-Regulated Learners? Such a task requires careful implementation and integration of many tools and teaching many skills in your classroom. This article will give you a bump start in your efforts, providing a framework and suggestions for promoting self-regulated learning skills for each step of the process. The article breaks self-regulated learning strategies into three phases: The Forethought Phase, The Performance Phase, and The Self-Reflective Phase. The Forethought Phase indicates that self-regulated learners will analyze the task, set goals, and developed strategies that will allow them to complete the goal effectively. An example of putting this in practice could include modeling how to set goals and asking your students to set goals for themselves before a task; this would help to promote self-regulated learning in your classroom. As a teacher, you could also model self-regulated learning strategies during The Performance Phase of a tasks by modeling self-observation and demonstrating various learning strategies. The Self Reflective Phase occurs after the tasks are completed; a self-regulated learner would evaluate one's performance and recognize strategies that could improve the outcome for next time. Asking students to complete a self-evaluation after they have completed a task will help them to become self-learners, especially if you consistently apply this strategy in the classroom. Helping all students develop self-regulatory habits before, during and after learning, is a worthwhile goal for elementary teachers because once these habits are internalized, they will serve students for life.