During teaching practicum, we were given 6 months to teach in a public school of our choice as a prerequisite to complete our Bachelor Degree in Education.

I remembered the first day I had to enter my class for the first time ever. First impression was a big deal for me. I was clueless on how to act as I had fears on how their response will be. I was very nervous yet excited to meet them. However, I told myself, just to be myself and not overdue it.

The first class was just about getting to know my audience. Being a novice teacher of course I had to Google on ice breaking sessions and the most simple ice breaking activity was this game called, 'Never have I ever...'

I gave it a little twist by asking the students to sit in a circle and a random student was blind folded and had to twirl around while pointing at a selected student until I said stop. Each student had to hold up 5 fingers. Then, when one tells the class of something that they had never done, others who had similarly never done that something also would then hold 1 finger down. Who managed to hold down 5 fingers the fastest wins the game.

I never thought such a simple phrase game would engage the students that much. That's where I managed to build a bond between them. Although, on the first day, I almost lost my voice, class management was crucial I needed to learn more on how to control my audience.

After all the fun session, I find it important to set the ground rules in the classroom on the first day so that students are aware of the teacher's expectation and follows it.