This session, presented by a veteran reading specialist, invites pre-service and in-service teachers to examine how reading begins with gifted children, how reading instruction is addressed in school and at home, and how to structure deliberate reading instruction for gifted learners. This workshop discusses what is known from the research on reading instruction for gifted students and offers practical strategies teachers can use with gifted readers that truly differentiate instruction. Findings and their implications for in-service and pre-service teacher preparation programs from the presenter’s research study on gifted readers are discussed and participants are invited to raise questions.