We're lucky about busy work for math - it's been cut down substantially. Like the other posters, I really agree that work should be about learning, not about repetition.
But my son has a habit of defining what he wants as busy work that may not gel with mine, and it has to do with writing. Last weekend, I had to dig my heels in about this one. He was very upset that I required him to do his book review for school. "Since I wasn't planning to hand it up, what you're telling me to do is extra work!" Anyway during the week, he tried to do the same in class but was caught. So he wasn't allowed to proceed with his differentiated work in class. He was really sore about it, so I hope that he's learnt his lesson.
Well, till the next time!
