SW and ULW

I am gearing up for our next homeschool year and was wondering how others are using SW and ULW.  Last year, I used it as SCM recommended, 2 days a week, looking through the passage for words my kids didn’t know, having them do the ULW questions, and then transcription/dictation.  I would only pull a couple of sentences out of the passage for dictation for my 10 year old due to issues with OCD and attention.  Is that the best way to do it?  Should we be doing it daily?  What are some creative ways you ladies use it?  Thank you!