Today, I present this week's teaching advice: Get to know your students.
A common and helpful advice on giving a presentation (for example, on scientific conferences) is to "know your audience". The same applies when teaching a class. What kind of students are attending your lecture? What is their motivation, expectation and background? Try to build a relationship with the students, ideally in the beginning of the semester. You may feel confident about the contents of the class after teaching it for several years, but you might need to adapt your teaching style every time because your audience changes every time.