The article uses vignettes to illustrate a small group of of grade 5 students who worked on different types of temperature problems (Wessman-Enzinger and Tobias 2015). The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) recommends including contexts, such as temperature, paired with the introduction to integers in grade 6 and integer operations in grade 7 (CCSSI 2010). The grade 5 students described in the article are ideal examples for highlighting the initial integer conversations about consistency that may occur organically. These discussions are presented in the context of temperature; the author facilitated as the teacher-researcher in students' small-group work.