Abstract Defining hope as the perceived capacity to produce clear goals, along with the routes to reach these goals (pathways thinking) and the motivation to use those routes (agency thinking) (Snyder, 1994), I describe the basic lessons that I have learned in applying these hope theory principles to teaching. Specifically, in my wedding hope theory to Aronson's jigsaw classroom concepts (Aronson & Patnoe, 1997), I introduce five general teaching lessons: (1) Spending time on and caring about students; (2) Setting goals for students that are clear and cooperative in nature; (3) Creating routes for learning that involve interacting with fellow students; (4) Helping students to become motivated in joint learning activities; and (5) Imparting an atmosphere whereby students are concerned about their welfares and the welfares of their classmates (“we/me” environments).