My son had to do too-easy busy work like you've described before he was grade-skipped. He also moved to a new school that doesn't give busy work, which also helped.
Note: This is just my perspective!
I don't agree with the idea of making a child do too-easy busywork on principle. I completely fail to understand the point.
Teachers often use the "everyone has to do stuff they don't want to do" argument, but it doesn't convince me. I've counter-argued that there needs to be a reason for doing unpleasant things. For example, I hate washing dishes, but dirty dishes are gross and attract bugs. I'm not always wild about the work I do, but I like to get paid. I hate paying bills, but I like to have electricity.
I don't see anything meaningful coming out of busywork that's too easy. I asked my son's teachers, "He's supposed to be learning things in school. What's he learning from this?"
Can you talk to the teachers to ask them if they can provide more challenging work to your child?
Val
