Resources for Busy Teachers 

A to Z Teacher Stuff
This site is organized for finding quick lesson ideas: Lesson Plans, Thematic Units, and Activities for Children's Literature.

Beginning Teachers' Toolbox
Tons of resources for new teachers, and new ideas and reminders for those of us who have been in the profession for a while

Billy Bear's Playground

Blue Web'n
Blue Web'n is a searchable database of over 1000 outstanding Internet learning sites categorized by subject area, audience, and type (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools). Blue Web'n does not attempt to catalog all educational sites, but only the most useful sites -- especially online activities targeted at learners.

Busy Teachers Web Site
lesson plans and classroom activities

Can Teach 
hundreds of lesson plans, thousands of links, and tons of other resources

Character Counts

Commonwealth of Knowledge
site for teachers to share lesson plans for Virginia SOLs

Discovery Channel
program listings and activites

Education Place
Teacher's Center has curriculum ideas for elementary teachers

EduHound

Education Week on the Web
Teacher Magazine and Education Week Newspaper online

Education World
database of current topics in education; schools online

The Educator's Reference Desk
Educational Resources Information Center (previously known as Ask Eric)
Huge database to search for lesson plans in all subjects

The Educator's Toolkit
huge list of links for resources on a variety of thematic units

The Global Schoolhouse
resources for the use of technology in the classroom

Hundredth Day of School Website

The Idea Box 
Contains ideas, articles, projects, seasonal themes, and printable pages; all to help teach children in a fun and interesting way

Irene's Primary Pointers
lesson plans and ideas to use in primary classrooms; also includes a Powerpoint Presentation on Early Literacy and Technology

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
list of sites for enhancing curriculum and professional growth

Lessonplanz.com 
a searchable database for lesson plans on all subjects

National Geographic Online

Online Puzzle Maker
create wordsearches or crossword puzzles online

Personal Educational Press
Create free educational worksheets such as flashcards, game boards, and quizzes to print directly from your browser

Primary Resources 
hundreds of worksheets, resources, and activities for primary teachers

ProTeacher 
lesson plans, reference desk, and a wealth of teacher resources

Puzzle Maker
create a variety of word puzzles online to save on your computer for later use

Randomhouse Teachers
Here you'll find special offers, a resource center with curriculum tools, and a Teacher's Lounge where you can chat with other teachers throughout the world.

Scholastic
classroom activities, reproducibles, articles from Instructor Magazine

School Express
more lesson plans and teacher resources

Tammy's Tidbits
check out the free goodies on this site

Teachnet
extensive source includes a teacher discussion forum,  lesson plan database, and professional articles about education

Teacher to Teacher
ideas and materials designed to be used in an inclusion environment to reinforce basic skills

The Teachers Corner
primary and intermediate teacher resources

The Teachers Desk
primarily for fifth and sixth grade teachers

Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers
A collection of hundreds of teaching ideas which can be used in the primary classroom. Also includes worksheets which can be printed and photocopied.

Teachers Net
teacher chatboard and grade level mailrings
database to submit and browse lesson plans

Teaching Heart
teaching ideas, inspiration, links, lessons, units, activity sheets, virtual sites, or a laugh

Virginia Department of Education