My wife and I are mostly in agreement, but she places more importance on grades than I do. Our eldest son is in 4th grade. She has told him that he should always do any extra credit work that the teacher makes available. I think that if the extra credit work won't teach him anything (for example an assignment to make a game to practice spelling words he already knows), he should not bother. I'd rather have him do an EPGY session or some other activity. My wife thinks it is important for him to always strive for an "A" now so that good study habits are established. I think that since grades matter little before 9th grade, he should give higher priority to non-school academic work than to optional school work. We both agree he should do assigned homework properly.
