Work backwards in lesson planning, using objectives as the framework.

Objectives should be measurable.

The reminder to keep printed documentation organized to have your lesson plans readily available was extremely valuable.

The use of pretests to gain student insight was an excellent takeaway.

Comment on Julian Watson's post: I love using this in my classes.  Depending on the lesson I am teaching I will ask students to find websites that answers questions that have come up during discussions or to seek answers to questions I provide to them.  I ask them to send me the links of the sites they have used, which in turn helps me to keep refreshing the content I provide to the students.

Knowing your audience allows you the insight to prepare your lesson plan to how your students learn best.

I plan to incorporate the Blooms Taxonomy ABCD to keep my lesson planning aligned with standards and objectives.

It's good practice to save lesson plans so that way if admin comes in to observe they would be able to follow along. 

Knowing the subject, knowing your students and planning prior to instruction allow great classroom flow.