In this episode of our Literacy Across the Curriculum series we visit with learning consultant and mathematics wizard (in our opinion) Jackie Ratkovic. Jackie shares a number of titles and talks us through how each book can be used to support students k-12 (mostly elementary) in their development of skills and understanding in Math.Jackie outlines how books used in class fall into three categories:Text Dependent: You need to understand the math to understand the bookIdea Enhancing: Books do not depend on a previous understanding of math and help connect and expand on the concepts.Illustration Exploring: Books that contain pictures, drawings, and diagrams within the story that help pull out those important space and shape connections that are very much a part of mathematics.Jackie emphasizes that "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."A full list of the books and other links can be found on the episode blog post link.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices