Using Dots To Teach Multiplication and Division

We have dots on the ground on the blacktop so the students can do their exercise and guarantee they have personal space. The dots are in rows of ten and we have seven rows. The students are asked to count how many students and prove their answer. We discuss how to make math sentences. Examples of questions are "How many students are present?" "How many groups and how many students in each group?" "State it two different ways." We are also using the dots to teach about division. "We have 24 students. We want 4 groups. How many students in each group?"