This webinar provides an informative and highly understandable review of metacognition—why it is an essential skill, and how to teach it to students so that they can develop as independent and successful readers. Reading-related tasks become more challenging for students as text complexity increases. In response, the research is clear: metacognition is the key to meeting the twin goals of comprehending increasingly complex text and successfully self-regulating reading. Metacognition provides continual feedback to students on how their reading is progressing, and encourages question-asking and reflection, all in the service of comprehending text. This webinar will discuss concrete ways to put metacognition to work in your classroom.