p.41–42 — a column of real words on one pattern; connected reading; letters and their sounds in isolation. 125 words and 24 sentences, 30.4 minutes.
Mouth relaxed and half open. Do nothing with your lips at all — no smile, no rounding. Tongue flat in the middle — /u/, as in 'cup'.
They check it: This is the LAZIEST sound in English. If your face is doing anything, you are trying too hard.
Not in Arabic, Somali, Urdu. For those children this is a new physical skill, not a reminder. Do not let the column start until the mouth can make it.