Teach the students each of the vowels one at a time by saying them, including vowel combinations. Encourage students to read and speak words such as "cap" and "cape" or "fat" and "fate" to demonstrate the differences in the vowel sounds.
Create flash cards for each vowel sound and vowel combination. Show the flash cards to the children one at a time, first pronouncing the vowel sounds and vowel combinations for them, then asking them to pronounce the vowel sounds and vowel combinations.
Play a mock "Wheel of Fortune" game and have the students take turns guessing vowels for popular phrases and quotes.
Launch your computer's Web browser and navigate to the BBC "Words and Pictures" site (see Resources). Click "Poem Pack" and show the children the "Poem Pack" game. Allow the children to choose a poem and then, they can click all the words with long vowel sounds or they can select a word that completes the poem.