I suggest going and talking to the teachers first. After all, they are the ones who gave her the stinky grades. Who knows, it could just be that the teacher has something against your kid. Bad grades are discouraging at a young age though, so I can see how your kid might start to shy away from school. Your best bet now is to give her all of the encouragement and support she needs. Explain to her that getting "bad" grades does not necessarily make her a bad person. Point out her strong suits and attributes and make sure she gets out of her current slump. Tutoring and such is good as a secondary form of enforcement. I just figure its more important to make sure that she is emotionally confident rather than just looking good on paper. The class "genious" in my elementary school didn't amount to much after grade school. Just turns out that his parents had hired lots of tutors and stuff so he was able to learn his ABC's faster than the rest of us. Good luck, and remember, your words as a parent count a hundred times more than some underqualified teache puts on a report card.