This course will focus on building conceptual understanding of integers using the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. How can integers be viewed from four different perspectives? Course participants will examine how students build rules for integer operations through patterning and number line movement with the understanding that our end goal is to build procedural fluency. Topics of this course include: the use of inductive reasoning through patterns; how can sequencing of problem types reveal patterns of mathematics; and how can properties be used to arrive at deductive proofs to justify traditional rules? TESS components addressed for this workshop include: 1C, 1E, and 3B.