Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Rhode Island covers an area of approximately 1,214 square miles ( 3,140 km2 ) and is bordered on the north and east by Massachusetts , on the west by Connecticut , and on the south by Rhode Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean .
Simplified: Rhode Island is bordered on the north and east by Massachusetts , on the west by Connecticut , and on the south by Rhode Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean .