Keisha Berry, Educational Consultant @AccessByKB

Sustainability Sunday SDI is a Team Sport You shouldn’t be planning SDI alone. → General educators know the content. → Special educators know the goals. → Together, you design access. Try a 10-minute weekly SDI check-in: 🟢 Which goals are we addressing this week? 🟢 What SDI…

Support Saturday 3 Questions to Ask Before You Pick an SDI Strategy Before choosing an SDI strategy, ask yourself: *What’s the exact skill in the IEP goal? *What type of support helped the student in past data? *Can I make this support part of the instructional routine? SDI isn’t…

Fun Feature Friday One of the Best SDI Tools I’ve Ever Used One of the best SDI supports I’ve ever seen? → A simple checklist with visual icons showing steps for solving a word problem. The student used it in every math block—and their independence grew. Specially Designed…

Thread Thursday How to Embed SDI Without Making It Obvious Let’s talk about how to embed SDI without isolating students. Here’s a practical thread every gen ed & sped teacher should save 🧵 1. Start with the IEP goal. 2. Identify the barrier the student…

Walkthrough Wednesday What Does SDI Actually Look Like? Imagine a student has this IEP goal: ✳️ Solve two-step word problems using visuals and verbal cues. Here’s how SDI shows up during math: → The teacher previews word problem formats the day before. → During the lesson, the…

Toolkit Tip Tuesday 3 Simple SDI Moves That Work in Any Content Area Implementing SDI doesn’t have to be complicated. Try one of these: Pre-teach 3 key vocab words before the lesson. Use a guided template that chunks steps. Pair modeling with think-alouds during guided practice.…

Mindset Monday SDI is not a separate plan—it’s how we teach the IEP You don’t need a second lesson plan to implement SDI. You need a clear IEP goal, an aligned strategy, and intentional delivery. If the student’s goal is decoding multisyllabic words— → Are you explicitly…

📌 Sunday – Prep + Reflect SDI Sunday Reset Before you plan this week’s lessons, check your SDI: ✅ I know which IEP goals are being worked on ✅ I’ve chosen 1 method + 1 tool to adapt delivery ✅ I’ve embedded a check for understanding that matches their support level Need a…

📌 Saturday – Access Tip Stack Saturday Stack: 3 Quick SDI Moves You Can Use Monday 🧰 Here’s a stack of SDI fire: 1.📚 Preview vocab using visual cards + student voice recordings 2.✍ Task modeling via 3-step anchor charts 3.🎯 Choice boards based on IEP goals (not just…

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🎉 Feature Friday Access Win of the Week: Parallel Teaching with Purpose This week, Mr. R and Ms. T rocked parallel teaching in 8th grade ELA. 🔍 Two groups, same standard 🧠 Group A: Close read with annotation 🛠 Group B: Scaffolded graphic novel version + text-based sentence…

EXPLAIN THE WHY Why do we keep saying the FIE drives the IEP? Because it builds the blueprint for everything that follows: 📌 PLAAFP – Tells us where the student is starting and what their needs are. 📌 Goals – Built to close the skill gap identified in the FIE and PLAAFP. 📌…

🧵 Thread Thursday How to Deliver SDI in Gen Ed Without Losing Your Sanity 🧵 1.Start with the student’s PLAAFP. 2.Align the SDI to the barrier, not the label. 3.Choose 1 scaffold per content chunk. 4.Modify just the product, not the whole lesson. 5.Use “Explain the Why” cards to…

👣 Walkthrough Wednesday Resource Room Walkthrough: You’re Not a Tutoring Station Stop “helping with classwork” all day. Resource should teach access skills. Instead of: ❌ “Catch up on math worksheet” Try: ✅ “Teach 2-step problem-solving using graphic organizers +…

🧰 Toolkit Tips Tuesday Mini Mod Matrix: Simplify Without Dumbing It Down Modifying curriculum isn’t about giving less—it’s about teaching smarter. Here’s how to adjust text, task, and time for a 5th grader reading at a 2nd grade level: What Text Modification Use leveled…

🧠 Mindset Monday The Real Reason Co-Teaching Fails It’s not lack of time. It’s lack of planning clarity. The biggest mindset shift: You’re not “helping” in that room. You’re co-owning it. 🤝 Co-teaching works when: Roles are pre-assigned Both teachers initiate instruction…

Sunday Access Scan: Is Your Week SDI-Ready? 🛠️ 3 Questions to check your SDI game before Monday hits: Did I review the IEP-at-a-glance for this week’s focus students? Do I have at least one scaffold per lesson for them? Are my co-teaching roles planned or just assumed? ✅ Save…

Saturday Simplifier: One SDI Move, All the Difference You don’t need 100 strategies. You need ONE done right. 🧠 Use visual sentence frames during content instruction for students with language processing delays. Example: “I predict ___ because ___.” “I disagree with ___ because…

Friday – Free Game Friday FREE GAME 🎯 Accommodations support access to the same content. Modifications change the content or expectations. SDI? That’s the how behind student progress. Stop confusing the three. Learn to layer them with intention. #SDIQueen…